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Lexicography of Language Contact: An Internet Dictionary of Words of German Origin in Tok Pisin

The paper presents an ongoing project in the domain of lexicography of language contact, namely, the “Internet Dictionary of Words of German Origin in Tok Pisin”. The German influence onto the lexicon of the main pidgin language of Papua New Guinea has its roots in the German colonial empire, where Tok Pisin played an important role as a lingua franca in the colony of German New Guinea. Tok Pisin also served as an intermediate language for many borrowing processes; that is, German loans entered many languages in the South Pacific via Tok Pisin. The Internet Dictionary of Words of German Origin in Tok Pisin is based on all available lexicographical sources from the early 20th century up to now. These sources are systematically evaluated within our project; the results will be documented in the dictionary. The microstructure of the dictionary will be presented with respect to its major features: documentation of sources, examples for word usage, audio files, and lexicographic comment.

Lexicography of Language Contact: An Internet Dictionary of Words of German Origin in Tok Pisin

Urheber*in: Engelberg, Stefan; Möhrs, Christine

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Englisch

Subject
Sprachkontakt
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Wörterbuch
Computerunterstützte Lexikographie
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Engelberg, Stefan
Möhrs, Christine
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Veröffentlichung
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Tbilisi : Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Press
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2016-11-08

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urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-54998
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  • Engelberg, Stefan
  • Möhrs, Christine
  • Tbilisi : Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Press

Time of origin

  • 2016-11-08

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