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Author Bickerton, Derek.

Title Bastard tongues : a trailblazing linguist finds clues to our common humanity in the world's lowliest languages / Derek Bickerton.

Publication Info. New York : Hill and Wang, 2008.

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Location Call No. Status
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  417 BICKERTON    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  417.22 BI    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 270 pages : map ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-255) and index.
Contents Becoming a linguist -- Grappling with Guyana -- A different kind of system -- Colombia before cocaine -- The road to the isles -- Under the rainbow -- From pidgin to Creole -- The forbidden experiment -- After the island -- The infernal machine -- Surinam : the crucible -- Seychelles and serials -- Hawaii's hidden history -- Coda.
Subject Creole dialects.
Bickerton, Derek -- Travel.
ISBN 9780809028177 hardback alkaline paper
0809028174 hardback alkaline paper
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