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ERIC Number: EJ515375
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1045-6007
Language Death, Language Genesis, and World History.
Karttunen, Frances; Crosby, Alfred W.
Journal of World History, v6 n2 p157-74 Fall 1995
Maintains that linguistics has great potential value for historians. Contends that the pidgin and creole languages of the former colonies of European nations provide avenues for examining the histories of "people without history." (CFR)
Descriptors: Anthropological Linguistics, Colonialism, Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Historiography, Imperialism, Language Maintenance, Language Research, Languages, Linguistics, Social Change, Social Science Research, Sociolinguistics, World History
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Reports - Research; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Researchers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Europe; Historians; Historical Research