Pitkern-Norf'k The Language of Pitcairn Island and Norfolk Island

This book tells the story of the language of the Bounty mutineers and their Polynesian consorts that developed on remote Pitcairn Island in the late 18th century. Most of their descendants subsequently relocated to Norfolk Island. It is an in-depth study of the complex linguistic, ecological and soc...

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Главный автор: Mühlhäusler, Peter
Формат: Электронная книга
Язык:English
Публикация: Berlin ; Boston De Gruyter Mouton, [2020]
Серии:Dialects of English [DOE] ; 17
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Оглавление:
  • Frontmatter
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • 1. Ontology
  • 2. Orthography and spelling issues
  • 3. Geography, demography, cultural factors
  • 4. Phonetics and phonology
  • 5. Inflectional morphology and syntax
  • 6. Lexicon
  • 7. Discourse features and pragmatics
  • 8. External history and changes in progress
  • 9. History of research
  • 10. Conclusions and findings
  • References