Pidginization and simplification of language . By Peter Mühlhäusler. (Pacific linguistics, monograph series B, 26.) Canberra: Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, 1974. Pp. vi, 161. A$4.00.

Ian Hancock · Language · 1978

T�ere has been significant progress in the field of pidgin and creole studies since .Furthermore, the author has had the opportunity to carry out extensive fieldwork on New Guinea Pidgin in 1973 and 197 4 which has led him to a reappraisal of some of the ideas proposed in the original thesis .However , changes have only been made where this seemed ab solutely essential .

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