Language contact in the early colonial Pacific Maritime Polynesian Pidgin before Pidgin English /

Drechsel, Emanuel J.

Language contact in the early colonial Pacific Maritime Polynesian Pidgin before Pidgin English / [Texte imprimé] : Emanuel J. Drechsel - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014 - 1 vol. (XVIII-333 p.) : cartes, couv. ill. ; 24 cm - Cambridge approaches to language contact . - Cambridge approaches to language contact (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge) .

Bibliogr. p. 302-322

Maritime Polynesian Pidgin and pidgin and creole linguistics -- Ethnohistory of speaking as a historical-sociolinguistic methodology -- Emergence, stabilization, and expansion -- Resilience against depidginization and relexification -- Survival in niches -- Linguistic patterns -- History and social functions -- Conclusions: linguistic, sociohistorical, and theoretical implications

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Pidgin languages / Pacific Area / History Creole dialects / Pacific Area Polynesian languages / Dialects Languages in contact Linguistic change

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