Pacific and Australasia

Name: Pacific and Australasia
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ISBN: 9783110196375

ISBN-10: 3110196379

ISBN-13: 9783110196375

Edition: 2008

Authors: Kate Burridge, Bernd Kortmann

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Description:

This volume gives a detailed overview of the varieties of English spoken in the Pacific and Australasia, including regional, social and ethnic dialects (such as New Zealand, Australian Vernacular, or Maori English) as well as pidgins and creoles (such as Tok Pisin, Hawaii Creole, or Kriol in Australia).

Book details

List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Publication date: 3/18/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 651
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.06" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.134
Language: English



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Contents of Companion volumes


Abbreviations


List of features: Phonology and phonetics



List of features: Morphology and syntax



General introduction



Introduction: varieties of English in the Pacific and Australasia



Phonology


New Zealand English: phonology



Regional and social differences in New Zealand: phonology



Maori English: phonology



Australian English: phonology



Regional characterisitics of Australian English: phonology



Australian creoles and Aboriginal English: phonetics and phonology



Bislama: phonetics and phonology



Solomon Islands Pijin: phonetics and phonology



Tok Pisin in Papua New Guinea: phonology



Hawai'i Creole: phonology



Fiji English: phonology



Norfolk Island-Pitcairn English: phonetics and phonology



Synopsis: phonetics and phonology of English spoken in the Pacific and Australasian region



Morphology and Syntax


New Zealand English: morphosyntax



Australian English: morphology and syntax



Australian Vernacular English: some grammatical characteristics



Hypocoristics in Australian English



Australian creoles and Aboriginal English: morphology and syntax



Bislama: morphology and syntax



Solomon Islands Pijin: morphology and syntax



Tok Pisin: morophology and syntax



Hawai'i Creole: morphology and syntax



Fiji English: morphology and syntax



Norfolk Island-Pitcairn English (Pitkern Norfolk): morphology and syntax



Synopsis: morphological and syntactic variation in the Pacific and Australasia



Index of subjects


Index of varieties and languages