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Author Tryon, D. T. (Darrell T.)

Title Pacific pidgins and creoles : origins, growth and development / by Darrell T. Tryon, Jean-Michel Charpentier
Published Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 559 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 132
Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 132.
Contents Acknowledgements -- List of maps, figures and tables -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Present-day Pacific Pidgins -- 2.1. Bislama -- 2.2. Solomon Islands Pijin -- 2.3. Tok Pisin (Papua New Guinea) -- 2.4. Pitcairn-Norfolk -- 2.5. Hawaiian Pidgin English -- 2.6. Ngatik Men's Language -- 2.7. Australian Kriol -- 2.8. Broken (Torres Strait) -- 2.9. Nauruan Pidgin English -- Chapter 3: Previous theories of pidgin development -- 3.0. Introduction -- 3.1. Genesis and general theory -- 3.2. The genesis of contact languages in Oceania -- 3.3. Conclusion
Chapter 4: Early days: History of contacts 1788-1863 -- A. The Australian scene -- 4.1. New South Wales -- 4.2. Queensland -- 4.3. South Australia, Northern Territory, Western Australia -- 4.4. Tasmania -- B. Australia -- South Pacific island maritime links -- 4.5. Summary of recorded South Pacific voyages 1788-1840 -- Chapter 5: The beginnings: The language situation 1788-1863 -- 5.0. Introductory -- 5.1. Foreigner Talk and European contact in Australia and the Pacific -- 5.2. Samples of New South Wales Pidgin 1788-1850 -- 5.3. New South Wales Pidgin glossary 1788-1850
5.4. Examples from Pacific states pre-1863 -- 5.5. Pacific Pidgin glossary 1788-1850 (list of first usages, including Australia and Pacific) -- Chapter 6: The plantations: History of contacts 1863-1906 -- 6.1. Introductory -- 6.2. The overseas plantations -- 6.3. The sources of labour -- 6.4. Other Pacific states involved pre-1863 -- 6.5. Plantations at home -- Chapter 7: Jargon to pidgin: The language situation 1863-1906 -- 7.0. Introduction -- 7.1. Examples from 19th century written sources -- 7.2. The 1885-1886 Royal Commission -- 7.3. Queensland Canefields English -- 7.4. The Vanuatu corpus
7.5. Conclusions -- Chapter 8: Colonial days: History of contacts 1906-1975 -- 8.0. Introductory -- 8.1. Plantations in the New Hebrides Condominium (Vanuatu) -- 8.2. Papua New Guinea (and Samoa) -- 8.3. Solomon Islands -- Chapter 9: Differentiation: The language situation 1906-1975 -- 9.1. Overall language situation at the beginning of the 20th Century -- 9.2. New Hebrides (Vanuatu) -- 9.3. Solomon Islands -- 9.4. Papua New Guinea -- 9.5. Bislama, Solomons Pijin and Tok Pisin: differential elements -- 9.6. Conclusions -- Chapter 10: Today's world: 1975 to the present -- 10.1. Vanuatu
10.2. Papua New Guinea (PNG) -- 10.3. Solomon Islands -- 10.4 Conclusion of Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11: Conclusion -- Appendix I. Konstitusin blong Ripablik blong Vanuatu (Niu Hebredis) 1980 -- Appendix II. Maps -- References -- Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 523-550) and index
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Subject Pidgin languages -- Pacific Area -- History
Creole dialects -- Pacific Area -- History
Language and culture -- Oceania
Linguistic geography.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
Creole dialects
Language and culture
Language and languages
Linguistic geography
Pidgin languages
Geschichte
Pidgintalen.
Creooltalen.
SUBJECT Pacific Area -- Languages -- History
Oceania -- Languages -- History
Subject Oceania
Pacific Area
Pazifischer Raum
Pidgin-Sprachen.
Kreolische Sprachen.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Charpentier, Jean-Michel
ISBN 9783110899689
311089968X