Processes of Language Contact: Studies from Australia and the South Pacific

Processes of Language Contact: Studies from Australia and the South Pacific
ISBN-10
2762120985
ISBN-13
9782762120981
Category
Creole dialects, English
Pages
326
Language
English
Published
2000
Publisher
Les Editions Fides
Author
Jeff Siegel

Description

Within ten years of settlement , David Collins , Judge Advocate and Secretary , and the most acute early observer of Aboriginal communication , noted : ... at the time of writing this , nothing but a barbarous mixture of English with ...

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