‘That’s a Rubbaboo’
A contact language called Broken Slavey or Slavey Jargon flourished among the Gwich’in in the nineteenth century. Slavey Jargon absorbed elements of at least five source languages: French, Gwich’in, South Slavey (Dene-Tha’), Chipewyan, and English. Analyzing historical sources and recorded ethnograp...
| Published in: | Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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John Benjamins Publishing Company
2008
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/jpcl.23.2.04mis http://www.jbe-platform.com/deliver/fulltext/jpcl.23.2.04mis.pdf |