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Language Contact in the Early Colonial Pacific: Maritime Polynesian Pidgin before Pidgin English - Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact Drechsel, Emanuel J. (University of Hawaii, Manoa)
Language Contact in the Early Colonial Pacific: Maritime Polynesian Pidgin before Pidgin English - Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact
Drechsel, Emanuel J. (University of Hawaii, Manoa)
This volume presents a historical-sociolinguistic description and analysis of Maritime Polynesian Pidgin. It redefines our understanding of how Europeans and Americans interacted with Pacific Islanders in Eastern Polynesia during early encounters and offers an alternative model of language contact.
352 pages, 4 maps 3 tables
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | March 16, 2017 |
| ISBN13 | 9781107699618 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 352 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 230 × 18 mm · 561 g (Weight (estimated)) |
| Language | English |