Language contact in the early colonial pacific: maritime polynesian pidgin before pidgin english
Auteur :
Drechsel, Emanuel J.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781107699618
Date de publication :
16 mars 2017
Dimensions :
23,0 x 15,2 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
520 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This volume presents a historical-sociolinguistic description and analysis of Maritime Polynesian Pidgin. It redefines our understanding of how Europeans and Americans interacted with Pacific Islanders in Eastern Polynesia during early encounters and offers an alternative model of language contact.