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Beach-la-Mar to Bislama: The Emergence of a Natural Language in Vanuatu (Language Contact Series)
BeachlaMar to Bislama The Emergence of a Natural Language in Vanuatu - Language Contact Series
Author: Terry Crowley
Bislama is the variety of Melanesian Pidgin spoken in Vanuatu (formerly New Hebrides). In this learned study, Crowley traces the history and development of Bislama from the 1840s to the present. Drawing on written records and other historical sources, he examines the language's labor history, and discusses the evolution of its grammatical const...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780198248934
ISBN-10: 0198248938
Publication Date: 12/13/1990
Pages: 448
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Hardcover
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