Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)

Meriam Mir lexicon in Torres Strait Creole, Anna Shnukal

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Meriam Mir lexicon in Torres Strait Creole, Anna Shnukal
Main title
Meriam Mir lexicon in Torres Strait Creole
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Anna Shnukal
Summary
Discusses some semantic and morphosyntactic aspects of Meriam Mir derived lexemes in Torres Strait Creole at Erub and Ugar; examines use of Meriam Mir derived nouns across semantic domains, maintenance of world view sea v land; suggests in history of borrowings that Meriam Mir lexicon was integrated into dynamic Creole language and culture