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Attributive Possession in Creoles
Full text of a 2000 paper by Heine and Kuteva.

CC: Pidgin Carriers
Introductory article on the topic of pidgin and creole languages.

Creole Language
A definition of the term creole.

Creole Romance Numerals
Tables of the names of numerals in various Romance-Language-based creoles.

Creolization is a Social, Not a Structural, Process
Paper presented at the International Symposium on "Degrees of Restructuring in Creole Languages."

Ditransitive constructions : Creole Languages in a Cross-linguistic Perspective – Susanne Michaelis et Martin Haspelmath
A comparison transitive verbs in creole and pidgin languages by Susanne Michaelis and Martin Haspelmath.

Germanic Creole Numerals
Tables of the names of numerals in various Germanic-Language-based creoles.

Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages
A journal of all aspects of pidginization and creolization. A few full-text articles are available on-line. There is also an extensive glossary of creolist terminology.

Language Varieties: Definitions
Definitions of "creole", "pidgin", "dialect" and "variety" are given.

Linguist List 7.1721: Creolistics
A discussion of whether Afrikaans and Yiddish are creole or creoloid.

Pidgin
A definition of the term pidgin.

Pidgin and Creole Languages
Notes for a course in pidgin and creole languages. Discusses theories of pidginization, creolization and language contact.

Pidgin Genesis in Optimality Theory
A conference paper by Joan Bresnan.

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