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| Other authors / contributors: | Miestamo, Matti, 1972-
Sinnemäki, Kaius.
Karlsson, Fred.
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| ISBN: | 9789027291356
9027291357
9789027231048
9027231044
1282276956
9781282276956
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | 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 comparison to English. The results of these studies show, that 1) there is no bound morphology (neither derivational nor inflectional) in the variety studied and, 2) there is much more multifunctionality in the pidgin text than in the English texts. Finally, it is argued that the results show that the lexico.
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| Other form: | Print version: Language complexity. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2008 9789027231048 9027231044
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