Linguistic and Sociohistorical Aspects of a Native American Pidgin
Drechsel, Emanuel J. (Associate Professor, Liberal Studies Program, University of Hawaii, Manoa, USA)
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Hardback
412 pages
3 Black and White Maps, Bibliography
Published: 1997
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN / EAN: 0198240333
Looking at the significance of language contact in America, this is a grammatical and sociohistorical study of Mobilian Jargon, an American Indian pidgin. It was used from 1700 until the mid-20th century among groups of southeastern Native Americans, and