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Publication details [#30207]

Drechsel, Emanuel J. 1996. An integrated vocabulary of Mobilian jargon: A Native American Pidgin of the Mississippi Valley. Anthropological Linguistics 38 (2) : 248–354.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language and culture | language change | language contact | language use | pidgin

Language as a subject

Mobilian Jargon

Place, Publisher

Indiana University

ISBN

0003-5483

Annotation

This substantial lexical inventory reveals etymological variation and confirms multiple usages and social contexts for the pidgin, as pointed out by historical and ethnographic data.