Pidgins and Creoles in the Pacific

Sabine Ehrhart · Peter Mühlhäusler

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Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies Linguistics and Language Studies Linguistic Variation and Morphology

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Abstract In research on endangered languages it is relatively common to downplay the value of written records or any other second-hand attestation of the actual uses of the language as a source of information. This tendency undoubtedly has to do with the fact that the collection of primary data has been felt to be more important and urgent than devoting time to secondary records of the language when endangered language communities are going through drastic and rapid acculturation. This feeling has been strengthened by the fact that many of the previous records were of inferior quality, especially in terms of phonetic accuracy.

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