English and Tok Pisin (New Guinea Pidgin English) in Papua New Guinea
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2268475 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Suzanne Romaine (0000-0002-0746-9704, University of Oxford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5-23 |
| Publication date | 1989-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Englishes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0883-2919 • E-ISSN: 1467-971X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-971x.1989.tb00431.x |
| OpenAlex | W2054583499 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 17 |
Tok Pisin (New Guinea Pidgin English) is becoming increasingly important as a lingua franca in Papua New Guinea, even though English is the country's official language. This paper examines urban vs rural, and spoken vs written varieties of Tok Pisin, and the influence of English on Tok Pisin. Papua New Guinea English is also examined as a new variety of English
Creole language · English language · Ethnology · Lingua franca · Linguistics · New guinea · Pidgin · Variety (cybernetics · Computer Science · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Artificial Intelligence
The Other tongue
Pidgin and Creole Linguistics
The Social Life of Language
Dictionary of Jamaican English
The City, The Mesolect, and Innovation
Short Forms in Tok Pisin
Handbook of Tok Pisin (New Guinea Pidgin)
On Dialect
Pidgin and Creole Languages
Conversational New Guinea Pidgin
The politics of small languages in Australia and the Pacific
Foreigner Talk
The Haitian Potential
English in Papua New Guinea
English in the Solomon Islands
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2025 (35) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |