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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.

Table of Contents
Grammatical abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Interlingual contact in the Pacific to the mid-nineteenth century; 3. The Sandalwood period; 4. The labor trade; 5. The Tok Pisin language; 6. oceanic Austronesian languages; 7. Substrate, superstrate, and universals; 8. Structures and sources of pidgin syntax; 9. The pidgin pronominal system; 10. Subject-referencing pronouns and the 'predicate market'; 11. The developmental of Solomons pidgin; 12. The Solomons pidgin pronominal system; 13. Calquing: pidgin and Solomons languages; 14. Conclusion; Appendix; Index.

Melanesian Pidgin and the Oceanic Substrate

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      Publisher Stanford University Press
      Published 1 June 1988
      ISBN-13 9780804714501
      978-0804714501
      ISBN-10 0804714509

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents
      Grammatical abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Interlingual contact in the Pacific to the mid-nineteenth century; 3. The Sandalwood period; 4. The labor trade; 5. The Tok Pisin language; 6. oceanic Austronesian languages; 7. Substrate, superstrate, and universals; 8. Structures and sources of pidgin syntax; 9. The pidgin pronominal system; 10. Subject-referencing pronouns and the 'predicate market'; 11. The developmental of Solomons pidgin; 12. The Solomons pidgin pronominal system; 13. Calquing: pidgin and Solomons languages; 14. Conclusion; Appendix; Index.

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