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Bislama reference grammar /

Bislama is the national language of Vanuatu, the world's most linguistically diverse nation with at least 80 actively spoken Oceanic languages used by about 200,000 people. Bislama began as a plantation pidgin based on English in the nineteenth century, but it has since developed into a unique...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Crowley, Terry
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2004.
Colección:Oceanic linguistics special publication ; no. 31.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Maps
  • 1. Background to Bislama
  • 2. Pronunciation and Spelling
  • 3. Parts of Speech
  • 4. Nouns and Noun Phrases
  • 5. Verbs and Verb Phrases
  • 6. Simple Sentences
  • 7. Complex Sentences
  • Appendix: Previous Studies of Bislama Grammar
  • References
  • Index