Melanesian Pidgin and the Oceanic Substrate

Melanesian Pidgin and the Oceanic Substrate
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Publisher : Stanford University Press
Total Pages : 288
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ISBN-10 : 0804714509
ISBN-13 : 9780804714501
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Book Synopsis Melanesian Pidgin and the Oceanic Substrate by : Roger M. Keesing

Download or read book Melanesian Pidgin and the Oceanic Substrate written by Roger M. Keesing and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Topics in this volume include: interlingual contact in the Pacific to the mid-19th century; the Sandalwood period; the Tok Pisin language; oceanic Austronesian languages; structures and sources of pidgin syntax; the pidgin pronominal system; and calquing - pidgin and Solomons languages.


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