Circumlocution in Tok Pisin (Gdansk Studies in Language 21) （2025. 400 S. 74 Abb. 210 mm）

Radomyski, Konrad/ Herausgegeben:Stanulewicz, Danuta

PETER LANG（2025発売）

PETER LANG（2025発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 400 p.
• 商品コード 9783631939918

Full Description

This book explores circumlocutions by analyzing a corpus of newspaper texts from Wantok Niuspepa, revealing how they function, evolve, and reflect the Melanesian worldview. Examining 351 frequently occurring circumlocutions, the study uncovers their grammatical patterns, semantic categories and metaphorical foundations. Borrowings from English, Tolai, Fijian and Samoan present in circumlocutions highlight the interplay between language, culture and history. Through metonymy and metaphor, Tok Pisin circumlocutions encapsulate emotions, social values and indigenous perspectives. This book emphasizes the role of circumlocution in Tok Pisin and its significance in shaping linguistic and cultural identity.

Contents

Table of contents

Introduction

1. Tok Pisin as a pidgincreole

2. Circumlocution: Theoretical foundations

3. Investigating circumlocutions: Methodological considerations

4. Corpus linguistics and investigating circumlocutions

5. Frequency of circumlocutions, the origin of their components and their replacements

6. The structure of circumlocutions: Degree of complexity and syntactic patterns

7. Semantics of circumlocutions

8. The Melanesian worldview reflected in circumlocutions

Conclusions

References

Appendix 1: Frequency list of circumlocutions

Appendix 2: Glossary