Language complexity : typology, contact, change /
I examine the ways the minimal lexicon of a pidgin language, Chinook Jargon, gains maximal efficiency when put into use in a contemporary fictional text. The paper first describes the lexicon used from a structural point of view. It then examines the use of multifunctional lexical items in compariso...
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| Online Access: | Electronic book from EBSCO |
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| Other Authors: | , , |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2008. |
| Series: | Studies in language companion series ;
v. 94. |
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