A Note on the Grammatical Functions and Patterns of Use of the Function Word Ol in Written Tok Pisin (New Guinea Pidgin)

• Authors: Kornacki Paweł
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this paper is to examine the chief aspects of the synchronic use of the multifunctional word ol (gloss: 3PL/PL) in its characteristic functions of a third-person plural pronoun and a plural marker in Tok Pisin1, recorded in a small group of texts which represent the contemporary written register of Tok Pisin. It is hoped that the undertaken examination of a number of characteristic contexts modified by this particle will shed some light on a prominent aspect of multifunctionality within the nominal morphology of Tok Pisin.

Keywords

ol; pidgin; multifunctional word; written register; Tok Pisin; morphology

• Publisher: Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw
• Journal: Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 24/2
• Pages: 49-61

Contributors

author

Kornacki Paweł

• University of Warsaw

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