Language Contact in a Plantation Environment : A Sociolinguistic History of Fiji (Paperback)

Part I. Background: 1. The plantation scenario; 2. Language contact in Fiji before the plantation era; Part II. Languages from the Pacific: 3. Labourers from the Pacific; 4. The plantation language: English or Fijian?; 5. Plantation Pidgin Fijian; Part III. Languages from India: 6. Indian Labourers; 7. Plantation languages of the Indian labourers; 8. Plantation Pidgin Hindustani; Part IV. The linguistic legacies of the plantations: 9. The development of Fiji Hindustani; 10. Decendants of Pacific Islands laborers; 11. Pidgin languages in Fiji today; 12. Conclusions.