Pacific Pidgins and Creoles: Origins, Growth and Development

by Darrell T. Tryon and Jean-Michel Charpentier

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110169983
• ISBN13: 9783110169980
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 578 Pages
• Weight: 2.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary