Tok Pisin Texts: From the Beginning to the Present

by Peter Mühlhäusler, Thomas Edward Dutton, Suzanne Romaine

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588114562
• ISBN13: 9781588114563
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Length: 286 Pages