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Pacific Pidgins and Creoles: origins, growth and development
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ISBN: 3110169983 311089968X Year: 2004 Volume: 132 Publisher: Berlin Mouton de Gruyter

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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 18th and early 19th 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 20th century. It also looks at the future of Pacific pidgins at a time of increasing vernacular language endangerment.


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Linguistic atlas of French Polynesia = : Atlas linguistique de la Polynésie française
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ISBN: 3110260352 3110228025 3110376911 Year: 2015 Publisher: De Gruyter

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The vast territory of French Polynesia is home to seven distinct languages – Tahitian, Austral, Rapa, Mangarevan, North Marquesan, South Marquesan, and Pa’umotu – which in turn show internal variation. The fruit of ten years of joint work by two linguists of French CNRS, Jean-Michel Charpentier and Alexandre François, the Linguistic Atlas of French Polynesia pays tribute to the rich linguistic landscape of the country by documenting thoroughly twenty different communalects, in the form of 2250 maps. Organised by topics (body, life, individual and society, culture and technology, flora and fauna), these lexical maps are supplemented by explanatory notes and indexes in French, English, Tahitian. Text chapters in French and English present the social profile and the historical dynamics of the territory’s languages, which are all endangered to various extents. Published in open access, this multilingual and comparative atlas provides an essential reference to scholars and teachers alike, as well as to a broader audience keen to explore and preserve the linguistic heritage of the Pacific region. Tahitian translation is available as supplementary material on this page.

Pacific Pidgins and Creoles
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ISBN: 9783110899689 311089968X 3110169983 9783110169980 Year: 2011 Publisher: Berlin Boston

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Pacific Pidgins and Creoles : Origins, Growth and Development
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ISBN: 9783110899689 9783110169980 Year: 2011 Publisher: Berlin ;; Boston De Gruyter Mouton

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Language Diversity in the Pacific : Endangerment and Survival

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Comparative Austronesian Dictionary : An Introduction to Austronesian Studies
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ISBN: 9783110884012 9783110127294 Year: 2011 Publisher: Berlin ;; Boston De Gruyter Mouton

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