Pidgins and Creoles Volume I: Theory and StructureThis first volume of Holm's major survey of pidgins and creoles provides an up to date and readable introduction to a field of study that has become established only in the past few decades. Written for both students and general readers with a basic knowledge of linguistics, the book's original perspective will also attract specialists in the field seeking a broad overview of the linguistic relationships among these languages. Creolized, or