Some Tok Pisin idioms

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Franklin, Karl J. and Steven Kambi Thomas
Series Issue: 
64
Issue Date: 
2006
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SIL Electronic Working Papers 2006-004
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14 pages
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Tok Pisin (TP) is a lingua franca and language of wider communication in Papua New Guinea. In this article we introduce and examine a number of TP idioms that use body parts, numbers, descriptors, verb phrases, compounds and other elements. Our presentation is intended to supplement resources on TP that have previously described a similar category (idioms) using a variety of strategies.

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Published
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Papua New Guinea
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Entry Number: 
7879