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cture 3 lexicon 4 significance 5 references 6 bibliography toggle the table of contents port jackson pidgin english add languages add links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia english based australian pidgin port jackson pidgin english new south wales pidgin region australia ethnicity aboriginal australians era 1780 1900 language family english based pidgin pacific port jackson pidgin english language codes iso 639 3 none mis glottolog news1234 new south wales pidgin port jackson pidgin english or new south wales pidgin english was an english based pidgin that originated in the region of sydney and newcastle in new south wales in the early days of colonisation stockmen carried it west and north as they expanded across australia it subsequently died out in most of the country but was creolized forming australian kriol in the northern territory at the roper river mission in ngukurr where missionaries provided a safe place for indigenous australians from the surrounding areas to escape deprivation at the hands of european settlers as the aboriginal australians who came to seek refuge at the roper river mission spoke different languages there grew a need for a shared communication system to develop and it was this that created the conditions for port jackson pidgin english to become fleshed out into a full language kriol based on the english language and the eight different australian language groups spoken by those at the mission history edit port jackson pidgin english was established as the need for communication between aboriginal people and english settlers arose 1 its first records of existence date to 1788 in the port jackson penal colony 2 by 1900 pjpe had developed into northern territory pidgin english ntpe was widespread and well understood then by 1908 creolizing into australian kriol and by the mid 1980s kriol had at least four generations of mother tongue speakers 3 4 historical factors edit there are two major factors that facilitated the forming of port jackson pidgin english the first is that environmental shifts occurred on the land after the english settlers arrived at port jackson in january 1788 the lifestyles of the aboriginal people in the sydney area changed significantly the environment was devastated as the settlers cleared the ground for settlement as a result the local ecosystem could no longer provide food for the aboriginal people and they became increasingly dependent on the settlers for imported goods some aboriginal people started to offer services to the settlers including guidance and knowledge about the environment thus in exchange for resources they played an important role in the settlers community as they were being increasingly exposed to the english language the aboriginal people began acquiring english as a lingua franca to communicate with the settlers in this way port jackson pidgin english started forming at the point of contact between english and the aboriginal languages linguistic evidence supports this summation showing that pidgin features including language mixing language simplification and lexicon borrowing were present in the communication between the aboriginal people and the settlers 1 the second factor was the actions the governor of the first fleet arthur philip took to establish communication with aboriginal people after fixing a permanent settlement site at port jackson philip gave official orders for establishing a stable cross cultural communication with aboriginal people despite their hostility towards the settlers he also controlled the convicts to prevent them from taking advantage of or mistreating aboriginal people however due to the absence of a common language between the two communities he failed to learn about the aboriginal culture and history or maintain regular and friendly communication therefore he made a plan to capture an aboriginal person to learn english help the settlers acquire the aboriginal language and play as a cultural catalyst between the two communities the person the settlers captured was bennelong he not only learned english and the culture of the settlers but he also offered knowledge about the aboriginal language for the settlers he marked the starting point of a stable communication and accelerated the language contact between the two communities 1 bennelong as the communication catalyst edit bennelong was an important figure in this cross cultural communication he soon came to play a major role in the colony and integrated into the new society well after being captured by philip his language abilities not only allowed the settlers to gain more knowledge about the aboriginal language and culture but also accelerated the cross cultural interactions between the two communities being able to speak two languages bennelong became a well respected person in both the colonial and aboriginal communities the settlers needed bennelong s knowledge of aboriginal culture food technology and the environment while the aboriginal people consulted him when they traded with the settlers this privilege allowed him to become the head of the aboriginal coterie and he enjoyed social and material benefits from his friendship with philip 1 influences on both communities edit from the linguistic aspect aboriginal people who acted as translators and guides in the sydney area showed a notable ability to communicate with english settlers using port jackson pidgin english furthermore the significance of learning aboriginal vernacular language decreased and was eventually replaced by the pidgin from the social aspect some of the aboriginal people became functioning members in the colony s working class because of their knowledge of the land and labour in addition with the information provided by the aboriginal people the settlers found building materials and they built residences in water rich and fertile areas in the settlement aboriginal people offered assistance with chopping wood fishing and tracking escaped convicts with the help of the aboriginal people the settlers built permanent sites of residence and the aboriginal people gained irreplaceable positions in the social division of labour within the colony 1 grammar edit port jackson pidgin english has a relatively complete linguistic structure including a borrowed lexicon and set of verbs largely from english it also contains different word classes including pronouns adverbs adjectives and prepositions and uses the same subject verb object sentence structure as english the linguistic feature of port jackson pidgin english observed in the 18th century was mainly lexical and in the 19th century the pidgin started to acquire syntactical stability 1 morphology edit both free morphemes and bound morphemes are attested in port jackson pidgin english but most morphemes are free three examples of bound morphemes are fela im and it the first morpheme is a suffix that nominalises nouns which is retrieved from the english word fellow for example blakfela means aboriginal people and datfela means that one the second and the third morphemes are transitivity markers there are also compound words and single morphemes that are from english in the pidgin for example the word that is used to refer to convicts is gabamenman which literally means government man a compound word that consists of gabamen and man an example of a single morpheme is baimbai it literally means by and by though its actual meaning is later 1 determiners edit there is evidence that determiners are present in port jackson pidgin english for example dat and diz respectively originate from the english words that and these possessive determiners also exist for instance main indicates the first person singular possessive form in the pidgin which is retrieved from the english word my 1 numbers edit the numbers in port jackson pidgin english are largely borrowed from english for example menitausand comes from many thousand and wan comes from one however non specific quantifiers are formulated by different strategies for example oranjibita consists of narang which means little in the aboriginal language which and bit of from english as the word contains lexical items from both languages it is unique from specific numbers which are borrowed solely from english 1 pronouns edit the pronouns in port jackson pidgin english have considerable similarity to those of english for example the pronoun for the first person singular is ai or mi and that for the first person plural is wi it is obvious that those words are retrieved respectively from the english i me and we 1 verbs edit it is also intriguing to note that despite its borrowing of english verbs port jackson pidgin english applies linguistic strategies that are different therefore the use or meaning of verbs in port jackson pidgin english cannot be presumed based solely on knowledge of english in addition to directly borrowing from english such as teik retrieved from take there are two more ways by which verbs are created the first is the borrowing of english phrasal verbs for instance sitdaun coming from sit down means stay the other way is to creating verbs from words in aboriginal languages for example the verb for dance is koroberi from the noun garabara meaning dance in the dharug language another interesting aspect to explore in the verbs in port jackson pidgin english is transitivity for example in the sentence yu laik blakfela massa yu gibit konmil yu gibit mogo and mok which means if you like aboriginal people master you give them cornmeal you give them tomahawks and tobacco in that case the verb s transitivity is marked by the suffix it in addition tense and aspect are attested in the pidgin for instance ai meikit no wot hi it baut means i will make known what he is doing in that case baut is the present continuous form of do which marks both the present tense and the imperfective aspect 1 sentence structure edit port jackson pidgin english shares the same subject verb object sentence structure of english however there are subtle differences in how interrogative sentences and negation are presented 1 in the pidgin the interrogative voice is expressed by using an interrogative pronoun how why etc at the beginning of sentences or a questioning tone because the pidgin lacks the initial question word do for example the english translation of yu hia massa is do you hear master in that case do has no matching word in the pidgin instead the interrogative voice is expressed by an interrogative tone 1 the expression of a statement s negation has the word bail put at the initial place of a sentence for instance bail wi want pata means we do not want food 1 lexicon edit although robert dawson a company agent of the australian agricultural company pointed out that port jackson pidgin english is a jargon also called a pre pidgin with a mixed lexicon and only basic grammar but it exhibits great morphological stability lexical items borrowed from english are combined with other items from aboriginal languages to form a pidgin compound for example blakjin literally consisting of black and gin means aboriginal woman replicate morphemes are used to emphasise a word s meaning for instance debildebil means great devil interrogatives and quantifiers are also borrowed from english in the pidgin plenti which can be retrieved from the english word plenty means many wen is an interrogative word that means when interestingly port jackson pidgin english has borrowed considerably from english verbs and lexicon but only a small number from aboriginal languages 1 significance edit port jackson pidgin english was the main means of communication between the settlers and the aboriginal people in early colonial times it provided a channel for intercultural communication it is also important in terms of linguistics because it formed a basis for the development of australian kriol 5 references edit 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 troy jakelin 1994 melaleuka a history and description of new south wales pidgin australia australian national university pp 3 308 sharpe margaret c kriol an australian language resource p 178 john sandefur 1986 kriol of north australia a language coming of age australia summer institute of linguistics australian aborigines branch pp 30 33 isbn 0868923273 harris john w 1988 01 01 northern territory pidgin english a lexical study english world wide 9 1 meakins felicity 2016 loss and renewal australian languages since colonisation germany berlin boston de gruyter mouton pp 7 11 isbn 978 1 5015 0103 6 bibliography edit hall robert a jr july 1945 notes on australian pidgin english language 19 3 language vol 19 no 3 263 267 doi 10 2307 409833 jstor 409833 mcgregor w b 2004 the languages of the kimberley western australia london new york taylor francis pp 62 64 mühlhäusler p 1991 overview of the pidgin and creole languages of australia in s romaine ed language in australia cambridge cambridge university press pp 159 173 mühlhäusler p mcgregor w b 1996 post contact languages of western australia in s a wurm p mühlhäusler d t tryon eds atlas of languages of intercultural communication in the pacific asia and the americas berlin mouton de gruyter sandefur j sandefur j 1980 pidgin and creole in the kimberleys western australia australian institute of aboriginal studies newsletter 14 31 37 simpson j 2000 camels as pidgin carriers afghan cameleers as a vector for the spread of features of australian aboriginal pidgins and creoles in j siegel ed processes of language contact studies from australia and the south pacific saint laurent quebec fides 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