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Pidginization and Creolization
The Case of Arabic
This book is concerned with the notions of “pidginization” and “creolization” and the role of these processes of language learning in the history of the Arabic language. It is argued that when a new type of Arabic emerged after the Islamic conquests in the 7th century AD, the language went through these processes, as can be concluded from the sociolinguistic context of the period. The radical changes in the language that led to the development of the modern dialects are then seen as the result of pidginization and creolization. Data from the dialects are compared with phenomena in pidginized/creolized languages, and suggestions are given for the application of this framework to the history of other languages.
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 33] 1984. xiii, 194 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 10 October 2011
Published online on 10 October 2011
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
- Preface | pp. ix–xiii
- I. The arabic language in the pre-Islamic period | pp. 1–16
- II. The transition from Old Arabic to new Arabic | pp. 17–34
- III. Pidginization and creolization | pp. 35–58
- IV. The socio-linguistic context of the early period of Islam | pp. 59–78
- V. Pidginization and creolization in Arabic | pp. 79–112
- VI. Modern Arabic trade-languages, pidgins, and creoles | pp. 113–128
- VII. Conclusions and prospects | pp. 129–150
- List of abbreviations | pp. 171–174
- Index of names | pp. 175–180
- Index of subjects | pp. 181–194
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