Australia and Oceania
Papua New Guinea
Historical Backdrop
recent human migration
30-40 kya
First connection with Europeans
Portugese in 1500s
Portugese colonized early
Parts of New Guinea were owned by
Dutch
French
British
German
Australia
after independence of Australia
Papua New Guinea became independent from Australia in 1975
1000 identified languages
There are so many that a lingua franca had to develop
Tok Pisin
the Lingua Franca of Guinean Aboriginal tribes
Pidgin Language vs. Creole Language
Pidgin
transitory language tool created for informal temporary use
"Getting by"
Creole
permanent language tool for normal everyday life
"What people speak"
Tok Pisin began as a pidgin of English
Now it is a fully creole language with systematic grammar
Tok Pisin in Action
Does it contain systematic grammar?
First Contact
Mick Leahy encounter each other for the first time
Trade
Exhibition of the power of their gun
The tribesmen figured out that the white man wasn't a spirit
He's not a spirit because his shit smells like ours
A Case of Contact
not many contacts are free
1930, the indiginous people thought there were no other people on earth
Australian people didn't know theyre were people on the mountains
Pith helmets and everything
Australia and Oceania
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Australia and Oceania