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Dutton, T.G. 1986. More on simplified Motu. In Tracy, Karen, ed. Understanding face-to-face interaction: Issues linking goals and discourse. Lawrence Erlbaum. pp. 525–548.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

language variety | simplification

Language as a subject

Motu

Annotation

On a form of simplified Motu (Papua New Guinea), first reported at the end of the 19th century. It is argued that this language variant was used for `foreigner talk'.