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Darrell T. Tryon & Jean-Michel Charpentier, Pacific pidgins and creoles: Origins, growth and development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 October 2006

Jeff Siegel
Jeff Siegel
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School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia, [email protected]
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Darrell T. Tryon & Jean-Michel Charpentier, Pacific pidgins and creoles: Origins, growth and development. (Trends in Linguistics, Studies and Monographs 132). Berlin & New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 2004. Pp. xix, 559. Hb $123.20.

The authors of this substantial volume each have more than 30 years of research experience in the Pacific region, primarily in Melanesia – especially Vanuatu (formerly the New Hebrides). This focus is reflected in the content. Despite the title, the book deals only with Pacific pidgins and creoles that are lexified by English, thus leaving out, for example, Tayo (a French-lexified creole of New Caledonia). Furthermore, it concentrates almost entirely on the three dialects of Melanesian Pidgin: Tok Pisin (Papua New Guinea), Pijin (Solomon Islands), and Bislama (Vanuatu), with an emphasis on the latter.

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Language in Society , Volume 35 , Issue 5 , November 2006 , pp. 775 - 779
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© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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