Tok Pisin texts : from the beginning to the present / edited by Peter Muhlhausler, Thomas E. Dutton, Suzanne Romaine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mühlhäusler, Peter, Author.

Contributor:

Mühlhäusler, Peter.

Dutton, Thomas Edward, 1935-

Romaine, Suzanne, 1951-

Series:

Varieties of English around the world. Text series ; v. 9.

Varieties of English around the world. Text series, 0172-7362 ; v. T9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tok Pisin language--Texts.

Tok Pisin language.

Pidgin English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 284 pages) : illustrations, 1 map

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tok Pisin is one of the most important languages of Melanesia and is used in a wide range of public and private functions in Papua New Guinea. The language has featured prominently in Pidgin and Creole linguistics and has featured in a number of debates in theoretical linguistics. With their extensive fieldwork experience and vast knowledge of the archives relating to Papua New Guinea, Peter Mühlhäusler, Thomas E. Dutton and Suzanne Romaine compiled this Tok Pisin text collection. It brings together representative samples of the largest Pidgin language of the Pacific area.

Contents:

Tok Pisin Texts

Editorial page

Title page

LCC page

Table of contents

Sociohistorical and grammatical aspects of Tok Pisin

Conclusions

Appendix: Some brief remarks on the texts

Abbreviations

I. From early contacts and Gut Taim Bilong Siaman (the Good Old Days of the German Administration)

II. Indigenous voices 1920-1945

III. The use of Tok Pisin by missions and government

IV. Indigenous voices 1950-1970

V. Traditional indigenous voices 1970 to the present

VI. Translations of foreign voices

VII. Urban Tok Pisin and the in.uence of English

VIII.New written genres

IX. Creolized varieties of Tok Pisin

Bibliography

The series VARIETIES OF ENGLISH AROUND THE WORLD.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612255311

9789027295903

9027295905

9781423761402

1423761405

9781282255319

1282255312

OCLC:

191926455