Pidgins, creoles and mixed languages in Northern Asia

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Abstract

Northern Asia, which includes the whole of the former Soviet Union and surrounding areas, is home to a number of pidgins and mixed languages, some of which have Russian as their chief lexifier, while others draw their lexicon from Chinese, Chukchi, Uyghur, and other languages. Few of these have been extensively documented, and many of them are obsolete or in a severe stage of endangerment. They serve various purposes including being used as in-group languages or as cryptolects. Some of these languages lasted barely a year, while others were in use for hundreds of years. The amount of documentation of these languages has increased greatly since the 1980s and what we have available on them is likely, even at this eleventh hour, to broaden and diversify general linguistic understanding of the range of attested models of pidgins and mixed languages very considerably.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe languages and linguistics of Northern Asia
Subtitle of host publicationTypology, Morphosyntax and Socio-historical Perspectives
EditorsEdward Vajda
PublisherMouton de Gruyter
Chapter20
Pages1157-1173
Number of pages17
Volume2
ISBN (Electronic)9783111378381
ISBN (Print)9783111378220
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Mar 2024

Keywords

  • Linguistics and Semiotics
  • Linguistics
  • Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines

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