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Language and Linguistics (1)
Creoles,
Pidgins and the Evolution of Languages 
From:
The University of Chicago and Cambridge University Press
In this
seminar, Salikoko S. Mufwene, professor and former chair of the
department of linguistics at the University of Chicago, looks at some of
the issues surrounding the evolution of English. Drawing on material in
his recent book, The Ecology of Language Evolution, Mufwene questions
attitudes about the evolution of languages, especially English, in
today's world. He argues that we must consider a language's ecology--the
sum total of internal and external forces acting upon it--if we are to
understand how it evolves.
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