New Guinea and Neighboring Areas: A Sociolinguistic Laboratory

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New Guinea and Neighboring Areas

A Sociolinguistic Laboratory

Edited by: Stephen A. Wurm

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1979

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Volume 24 | Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL]

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Linguistics and Semiotics Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines General Linguistics
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Preface
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Contents
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General Studies
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The Language Situation in the New Guinea Area
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S. A. Wurm
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The Language Situation in the New Hebrides
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D. T. Tryon
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Remarks on the Language Situation in the Solomon Islands
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D. T. Tryon
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Some English-based Pidgins in the Southwestern Pacific
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D. T. Tryon, J. A. Bennett and P. Muhlhausler
Ethnography of Speaking
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Multilingualism: Linguistic Boundaries and Unsolved Problems in Papua New Guinea
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Don Laycock
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Lexical Expansion in a Non-Austronesian Language of Papua New Guinea
101
Graham Scott
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The Sociolinguistic Significance of Barai Possessive Markers
115
Mike Olson
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Development of a Literary Mode in the Languages of Nonliterary Communities
129
Raymond Leslie Johnston
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Code Switching in Papua New Guinea : Local Languages Versus New Guinea Pidgin, Hiri Motu and English
157
Peter Mühlhäusler
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Turning the Talk: A Case of Chain-Interpreting in Papua New Guinea
177
C. L. Voorhoeve
Lingue Franche in Papua New Guinea
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Papuan Pidgin English and Hiri Motu
209
Tom Dutton and Peter Mühlhäusler
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Sociolects in New Guinea Pidgin
225
Peter Muhlhàusler
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Attitudes towards New Guinea Pidgin and English
243
P. Muhlhausler and S. A. Wurm
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Language Planning and New Guinea Pidgin
263
T. E. Dutton, S. A. Wurm and P. Mühlhäusler
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Some Mission Lingue Franche and their Sociolinguistic Role
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K. A. McElhanon

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December 1, 1979

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9789027978486

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289

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110820775

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Neuguinea; Pidgin-Englisch; Soziolinguistik; Sprachverbreitung

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New Guinea and Neighboring Areas

Overview

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

The Language Situation in the New Guinea Area

The Language Situation in the New Hebrides

Remarks on the Language Situation in the Solomon Islands

Some English-based Pidgins in the Southwestern Pacific

Multilingualism: Linguistic Boundaries and Unsolved Problems in Papua New Guinea

Lexical Expansion in a Non-Austronesian Language of Papua New Guinea

The Sociolinguistic Significance of Barai Possessive Markers

Development of a Literary Mode in the Languages of Nonliterary Communities

Code Switching in Papua New Guinea : Local Languages Versus New Guinea Pidgin, Hiri Motu and English

Turning the Talk: A Case of Chain-Interpreting in Papua New Guinea

Papuan Pidgin English and Hiri Motu

Sociolects in New Guinea Pidgin

Attitudes towards New Guinea Pidgin and English

Language Planning and New Guinea Pidgin

Some Mission Lingue Franche and their Sociolinguistic Role

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