Ibero-Asian Creoles -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Portuguese, Spanish and Iberian-lexified creoles in Asia -- 3. Comparative perspectives -- 4. Methods and insights -- Notes -- References -- Notes on the phonology and lexicon of some Indo-Portuguese creoles -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Some theoretical preliminaries -- 3. The presence of the Portuguese in the Indo-Portuguese communities -- 4. Phonological inventories of DIU, DAM, KOR, CANN, and SLP -- 5. The core lexicons of DIU, DAM, KOR, CANN, and SLP -- 6. Portuguese post-tonic syllables in DIU, DAM, KOR, CANN, and SLP -- 7. Concluding remarks -- Notes -- References -- Appendix -- A closer look at the post-nominal genitive in Asian Creole Portuguese -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 3. Extension of the functions of the genitive marker -- 4. The place of sa genitive in Malacca Creole: Data and method -- 5. Semantic functions expressed by post-position sa and preposition di -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Luso-Asian comparatives in comparison -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Comparative constructions -- 3. Luso-Asian comparatives -- 4. Discussion -- 5. Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Measuring substrate influence: Word order features in Ibero-Asian Creoles -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Issues in comparing substrate influence -- 3. Methodology -- 4. The languages -- 5. The survey -- 6. SIS and Socio-historical context of the contact situation -- 7. Discussion -- Notes -- References -- Indefinite terms in Ibero-Asian Creoles -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Typological framework -- 3. Presentation of the sample -- 4. Analysis of the data -- 5. Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Maskin, maski, masque in the Spanish and Portuguese creoles of Asia -- 1. Introduction.

2. Masque/maski: from Portuguese to the Portuguese creoles of Asia -- 3. Concessive mas que in Spanish -- 4. Maskin: from Spanish to Philippine Creole Spanish -- 5. Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Nenang, nino, nem n-ão, ni no: Similarities and differences -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Nenang / nem não in the Portuguese-based creoles of Asia -- 3. Nem não in Portuguese -- 4. Ni no in the Spanish creole languages of the Philippines -- 5. Ni no in Spanish -- 6. Discussion -- 7. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Bilug in Zamboangueño Chavacano: The genericization of a substrate numeral classifier -- 1. Background on Zamboangueño Chavacano -- 2. Visayan numeral classifiers and bilug -- 3. Bilug in Modern ZAM -- 4. Pedaso in Modern ZAM -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Portuguese pidgin and Chinese Pidgin English in the Canton trade -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The role of Portuguese in the China trade -- 3. Phrasebooks as sources -- 4. Macau Pidgin Portuguese and Chinese Pidgin English -- 5. Portuguese elements in the Chinese Pidgin English lexicon -- 6. Portuguese elements in Chinese Pidgin English grammar -- 7. Relexification revisited -- 8. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Traces of superstrate verb inflection in Makista and other Asian-Portuguese creoles -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical framework -- 3. Defining verbs from three different Portuguese TMA inflections -- 4. Criteria for distinguishing superstrate and non-superstrate functions of inflections -- 5. Verb forms in Makista: their distribution in the corpora -- 6. Superstrate-derived IND forms in Indo-Portuguese Creoles -- 7. The sociohistorical context of Makista in Macau and Hong Kong -- 8. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Mindanao Chabacano and other 'mixed creoles': Sourcing the morphemic components -- 1. What is a 'mixed lexicon (or lexifier) creole'?.

2. Transfer of fabric and transfer of pattern -- 3. Overlap of transferred fabric features among mixed-lexifier creoles: a view from Swadesh lists -- 4. The typically creole structural features of mixed creoles: some comparative observations -- 5. On the need for caution when examining potential cases of transfer of pattern -- 6. Looking a little beyond creoles: sources of elements in mixed-lexifier creoles contrasted with th -- 7. A note on sources of mixed-lexifier creole phonology: inventories of segments and syllabic canon -- 8. Extensive contact-induced change without basic lexical borrowing -- 9. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Appendix -- Language index -- Location index -- General index.