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Creoles have long been the subject of debate in linguistics, with many conflicting views, both on how they are formed, and what their political and linguistic s

A compelling argument for why creoles are their own unique entity, which have developed independently of other processes of language development and change.

Creole languages are characteristically associated with a negative image. How has this prestige been formed? And is it as static as the diglossic situation in m

The African slave trade, beginning in the fifteenth century, brought African languages into contact with Spanish and Portuguese, resulting in the Africans' grad

This volume offers a first survey of projects from around the world that seek to implement Creole languages in education. In contrast to previous works, this vo