What is Derek Bickerton?
[[File:Derek Bickerton (2004).png|thumb|right|200px|Bickerton in 2004]] '''Derek Bickerton''' (March 25, 1926 – March 5, 2018) was an English-born American linguist and academic. He was born in [[Cheshire]], England. He was Professor Emeritus at the [[University of Hawaii]] in [[Manoa]]. His work was based in [[creole language]]s in [[Guyana]] and [[Hawaii]]. He proposed that the features of creole languages provide powerful insights into the [[Origins of language|development]] of [[language]] both by individuals and as a feature of the human species.<ref name=nyt>{{Cite news | last = Erard | first = Michael | title = Walking the Talk | work = The New York Times | date = 2008-03-30 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/books/review/Erard-t.html }}</ref> Bickerton died on 5 March 2018 at the age of 91.<ref>[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=derek-bickerton&pid=188484094 DEREK BICKERTON Obituary]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bickerton, Derek}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]] [[Category:University of Hawaiʻi faculty]] [[Category:Writers from Cheshire]] {{bio-stub}}