Maritime Polynesian Pidgin before Pidgin English /
Emanuel J. Drechsel, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
xviii, 333 pages :
illustrations, maps ;
24 cm.
Cambridge approaches to language contact
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Maritime Polynesian Pidgin and pidgin and creole linguistics -- Ethnohistory of speaking as a historical-sociolinguistic methodology -- Emergence, stabilization, and expansion -- Resilience against depidginization and relexification -- Survival in niches -- Linguistic patterns -- History and social functions -- Conclusions: linguistic, sociohistorical, and theoretical implications.