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Peer reviewedMuhlhausler, Peter – Language Sciences, 1992
Provides a brief history of pidgin and creole studies and describes the importance of these languages in the politics and sociology of linguistic studies. Applications of studies of pidgin and creole, especially those in Queensland (Australia) and Papua New Guinea, to linguistics are outlined. (JP)
Descriptors: Creoles, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Dialects
Peer reviewedFoster, Robert; Muhlhausler, Peter – Language & Communication, 1996
Examines the way in which the Aboriginal "voice" was represented in colonial South Australia, particularly in the form of pidgin English. The first part of the article focuses on the first decade of settlement; the second part examines the period between 1860 and the turn of the century. Findings indicate that the Aboriginal voice in…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Linguistic Borrowing
