Author Description

This volume brings together lexicographic and sociolinguistic descriptions of some of the less well-documented Pidgins, creoles and contact languages of the Pacific region, adding many important details to current knowledge. Papers by Peter Mühlhäusler, 'Pidgins, creoles and post-contact Aboriginal languages in Westrn Australia', Robert Foster, Peter Mühlhäusler and Philip Clarke, '"Give me back my name": the "classification" of Aboriginal people in colonial South Australia', Terry Crowley, 'The Bislama lexicon before the First World War: written attestations', Anders Källgård, 'A Pitkern word list', and Warren Shibbles, 'The phonetics of pidgin and creole: toward a standard IPA transcription'.