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Pitkern-Norf’k : The Language of Pitcairn Island and Norfolk Island / Peter Mühlhäusler.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Dialects of English [DOE] ; 17Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (XX, 416 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781501510465
  • 9781501501432
  • 9781501501418
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 417/.22 23/eng/20230216
LOC classification:
  • PM7895 .P5 M834 2020
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1. Ontology -- 2. Orthography and spelling issues -- 3. Geography, demography, cultural factors -- 4. Phonetics and phonology -- 5. Inflectional morphology and syntax -- 6. Lexicon -- 7. Discourse features and pragmatics -- 8. External history and changes in progress -- 9. History of research -- 10. Conclusions and findings -- References
Summary: This book tells the story of the language of the Bounty mutineers and their Polynesian consorts that developed on remote Pitcairn Island in the late 18th century. Most of their descendants subsequently relocated to Norfolk Island. It is an in-depth study of the complex linguistic, ecological and sociohistorical forces that have been involved in the formation and subsequent development of this unique endangered language on both islands.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781501501418

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1. Ontology -- 2. Orthography and spelling issues -- 3. Geography, demography, cultural factors -- 4. Phonetics and phonology -- 5. Inflectional morphology and syntax -- 6. Lexicon -- 7. Discourse features and pragmatics -- 8. External history and changes in progress -- 9. History of research -- 10. Conclusions and findings -- References

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This book tells the story of the language of the Bounty mutineers and their Polynesian consorts that developed on remote Pitcairn Island in the late 18th century. Most of their descendants subsequently relocated to Norfolk Island. It is an in-depth study of the complex linguistic, ecological and sociohistorical forces that have been involved in the formation and subsequent development of this unique endangered language on both islands.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Jun 2024)