Handbook of Tok Pisin (New Guinea Pidgin)
Handbook of Tok Pisin (New Guinea Pidgin)
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托克皮辛语(新几内亚洋泾浜语)手册
DOI:
10.2307/415015
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发表时间:
1987
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影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
P. Mühlhäusler
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文献类型:
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作者:
S. Wurm;P. Mühlhäusler
nouns borrowed from English, on the other hand , cannot be shifted so eas ily , as is i llustrated in : *0 1 i agr i ka l sa *0 1 i b rotkas i ng etc . they do gardening they do broadcasting LANGUAGE PLANNING 625 A further advantage is that these phrases resolve an ambiguity inherent in English terms such as charity , which can be interpreted as either ' the activities involved in , or stemming from, a certain attitude ' or ' the attitude itself ' . In Tok pisin , this contrast is signalled by the choice between wok or pas i n , as in wok ma r i ma r i the practical aspects of charity as against pas i n ma r i ma r i the attitude of being charitable . Example 2 : Compounds ending in pas i n Abstract nouns consisting of verb or adj ective bases plus pas i n are numerous in Tok Pisin . The relevance of these items to language planning has also been discussed by Laycock ( 1969 : 9 ) :nouns consisting of verb or adj ective bases plus pas i n are numerous in Tok Pisin . The relevance of these items to language planning has also been discussed by Laycock ( 1969 : 9 ) : Other abstract nouns , those indicating manner , can be created by extending the use of the suffix pas i n , from English fashion. From 1 5 1 s low we can have i s i pa s i n slowness , from daun we can have daunpas i n humility , and so on .