Names and Naming
Edited by Philipp Krämer, Eeva M. Sippola and Rachel Selbach
Special issue of Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 41:1 (2026) ca. 200 pp.
Rachel Selbach
List of John Benjamins publications in which Rachel Selbach is involved.
Titles
Gradual Creolization: Studies celebrating Jacques Arends
Edited by Rachel Selbach, Hugo C. Cardoso and Margot van den Berg
Is creolization an abrupt or a gradual process? In this volume leading scholars provide both comparative and case studies that outline their working definitions and their views on the particular or average time depth, or key processes necessary for contact language formation, providing a… read more[Creole Language Library, 34] 2009. x, 392 pp.
Articles
2026 Creole onomastics: Names and naming in and for creole languages Names and Naming, Krämer, Philipp, Eeva M. Sippola and Rachel Selbach (eds.), pp. 1–26 | Introduction
This article examines naming practices in creole languages and in scholarly discourse, addressing names in and for creole languages. It asks what constitutes a ‘creole name’, how the input languages affect and shape creole onomastics, and when creole serves as a glossonym and when as a class… read more
2009 One more cup of coffee: On Gradual Creolization Gradual Creolization: Studies celebrating Jacques Arends, Selbach, Rachel, Hugo C. Cardoso and Margot van den Berg (eds.), pp. 3–12 | Article
2008 2. The superstrate is not always the lexifier: Lingua Franca in the Barbary Coast 1530-1830 Roots of Creole Structures: Weighing the contribution of substrates and superstrates, Michaelis, Susanne Maria (ed.), pp. 29–58 | Article
The terms superstrate and substrate seem to lose some of their predictive force in the earliest documented European contact language. While Lingua Franca (LF) is best known for its purported origins as a trade pidgin used across all areas of the Mediterranean, the vast majority of actually… read more