{"product_id":"language-contact-in-a-plantation-environment-a-sociolinguistic-history-of-fiji-paperback-9780521106160","title":"Language Contact in a Plantation Environment; A Sociolinguistic History of Fiji (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521106160","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLanguage Contact in a Plantation Environment\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Sociolinguistic History of Fiji\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJeff Siegel's fascinating book provides a sociolinguistic history of language contact in Fiji where, from the 1860s until 1920, some 90,000 labourers from other Pacific islands and from India worked on the European-owned plantations.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJeff Siegel (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521106160, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 April 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e324 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.48 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJeff Siegel's fascinating book provides a sociolinguistic history of language contact in Fiji where, from the 1860s until 1920, some 90,000 labourers from other Pacific islands and from India worked on the European-owned plantations. It focuses on the pidgins and other language varieties developed to meet the needs of peoples from different linguistic backgrounds and different cultures, and it brings a new standard of coverage and comprehensiveness to the notion of the 'life cycle' of pidginization and koineization. Importantly, it also includes data on the linguistic situation that is the legacy of the plantation era. The study is therefore a valuable contribution to our knowledge of an area that has been relatively neglected in sociolinguistics. At the same time, it is a far-sighted and lucid contribution to the continuing and controversial debates about the origins and structure of pidgin languages and about other sociolingustic phenomena that result from language contact.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Background: 1. The plantation scenario\u003cbr\u003e 2. Language contact in Fiji before the plantation era\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Languages from the Pacific: 3. Labourers from the Pacific\u003cbr\u003e 4. The plantation language: English or Fijian?\u003cbr\u003e 5. Plantation Pidgin Fijian\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Languages from India: 6. Indian Labourers\u003cbr\u003e 7. Plantation languages of the Indian labourers\u003cbr\u003e 8. Plantation Pidgin Hindustani\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The linguistic legacies of the plantations: 9. The development of Fiji Hindustani\u003cbr\u003e 10. Decendants of Pacific Islands laborers\u003cbr\u003e 11. Pidgin languages in Fiji today\u003cbr\u003e 12. Conclusions.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociolinguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociolinguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociolinguistics%20%5BCFB%5D%22\"\u003eCFB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006418080024,"sku":"9780521106160","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521106160i.jpg?v=1694976075","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/language-contact-in-a-plantation-environment-a-sociolinguistic-history-of-fiji-paperback-9780521106160","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}