Publications

Publication details [#46593]

Tryon, Darrell T. and Jean-Michel Charpentier. 2004. Pacific Pidgins and Creoles. Origins, Growth and Development. (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs 132). De Gruyter. XIX+ 559 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

creole | language shift | pidgin | vernacular

Language as a subject

Bislama | Pijin, Solomon Islands | Tok Pisin

Annotation

This book discusses the origins, growth and development of English-based Pacific Pidgins and Creoles, in particular the Melanesian pidgins Tok Pisin, Pijin, and Bislama. It also considers their future in times of enhanced vernacular language endangerment.