Growing Up with Tok Pisin: Contact, Creolization, and Change in Papua New Guinea's National Language

Growing Up with Tok Pisin: Contact, Creolization, and Change in Papua New Guinea's National Language
ISBN-10
1903292069
ISBN-13
9781903292068
Category
Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General
Pages
244
Language
English
Published
2002
Publisher
Battlebridge
Author
Geoff P. Smith

Description

Tok Pisin is the Pidgin English language that was introduced to Papua New Guinea in the late 19th century as a way for this linguistically complex society to communicate with a common language. This book provides the historical background for this language and a detailed account of the changes that are taking place in its pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar as it is increasingly adopted as the first language of young people throughout the country.

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