Unserdeutsch (Rabaul Creole German): The sociolinguistic and typological profile of a German-based creole in Papua New Guinea
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Abstract: Unserdeutsch is the only German-lexifier creole language we know of. It had its beginnings in the Bismarck Archipelago in Papua New Guinea shortly before and after World War I. Nowadays, only a few elderly speakers living in Papua New Guinea and the eastern states of Australia are still proficient in the language. The paper describes the goals and some preliminary findings of a recently started international research and language documentation project based at the University of Augsburg. A particular focus of attention will be on the unique sociolinguistic features and major typological characteristics of Unserdeutsch.
Speaker: Professor Péter Mainz, Universität Augsburg
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