The ecology of language evolution

1. Introduction 2. The founder principle in the development of creoles 3. The development of American Englishes: factoring contact in and the social bias out 4. The legitimate and illegitimate offspring of English 5. What research on the development of creoles can contribute to genetic linguistics 6. Language contact, evolution and death: how ecology rolls the dice 7. Past and recent population movements in Africa: their impact on its linguistic landscape 8. Conclusions for the big picture.

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