Language contact in a plantation environment: a sociolinguistic history of fiji
Auteur :
Siegel, Jeff
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521106160
Date de publication :
2 avr. 2009
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
480 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Jeff Siegel's fascinating book provides a sociolinguistic history of language contact in Fiji where, from the 1860s until 1920, some 90,000 labourers from other Pacific islands and from India worked on the European-owned plantations. It focuses on the pidgins and other language varieties developed to meet the needs of peoples from different linguistic backgrounds and different cultures.