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ERIC Number: EJ515375
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-1045-6007
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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
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Audience: Teachers; Researchers; Practitioners
Language: English
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