Darrell T. Tryon, Jean-Michel Charpentier

Pacific Pidgins and Creoles (eBook, PDF)

Origins, Growth and Development

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Pacific Pidgins and Creoles discusses the complex and fascinating history of English-based pidgins in the Pacific, especially the three closely related Melanesian pidgins: Tok Pisin, Pijin, and Bislama. The book details the central role of the port of Sydney and the linguistic synergies between Australia and the Pacific islands in the late 18^th and early 19^th centuries, the role of Pacific islander plantation labor overseas, and the differentiation which has taken place in the pidgins spoken in the Melanesian island states in the 20^th century. It also looks at the future of Pacific pidgins at a time of increasing vernacular language endangerment.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: De Gruyter
• Seitenzahl: 578
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783110899689
• Artikelnr.: 44418124

Autorenporträt

Darrell T. Tryon is Professor at the Australian National University, Australia. Jean-Michel Charpentier researches at the LACITO (Laboratoire de Langues et Cultures a Tradition Orale), CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Paris, France.