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Fayer, Joan M. 1986. Pidgins as written languages: Evidence from 18th century Old Calabar. Anthropological Linguistics 28 (3) : 313–319.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
pidgin | written language
Language as a subject
Nigerian, Pidgin

Annotation

Based on 18th century documents from Old Calabar (Nigeria) F. discusses functional aspects of the use of Pidgin in written discourse.