Lexicography’s entanglement with colonialism: The history of Tok Pisin lexicography as colonial history
- Tok Pisin is a pidgin/creole language spoken since the late 19th century in most of the area that nowadays constitutes Papua New Guinea where it emerged under German colonial rule. Unusual for a pidgin/creole, Tok Pisin is characterized by a extensive lexicographic history. The Tok Pisin Dictionary Collection at the Leibniz Institute for the German Language, described in this article, includes about fifty dictionaries. The collection forms the basis for the sketch of the history of Tok Pisin lexicography as part of colonial history presented here. The basic thesis is that in the history of Tok Pisin, lexicographic strat egies, dictionary structures, and publication patterns reflect the interest (and disinterest) of various groups of colonial actors. Among these colonial actors, European scientists, Catholic missionaries, and the Australian and US militaries played important roles.
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| Author: | Stefan EngelbergORCiDGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-111421 |
| URL: | https://euralex2022.ids-mannheim.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Proceedings_11.07.2022.pdf |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.14618/ids-pub-11142 |
| ISBN: | 978-3-937241-87-6 |
| Parent Title (German): | Dictionaries and Society. Proceedings of the XX EURALEX International Congress, 12-16 July 2022, Mannheim, Germany |
| Publisher: | IDS-Verlag |
| Place of publication: | Mannheim |
| Editor: | Annette Klosa-Kückelhaus, Stefan Engelberg, Christine Möhrs, Petra Storjohann |
| Document Type: | Part of a Book |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first Publication: | 2022 |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2022/07/20 |
| Publishing Institution: | Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache (IDS) |
| Publicationstate: | Veröffentlichungsversion |
| Reviewstate: | Peer-Review |
| Tag: | Pidgin; Tok Pisin; colonialism; history of lexicography; lexicography and war; missionary linguistics |
| GND Keyword: | Kolonialismus; Pidgin-Sprachen; historische Lexikographie |
| First Page: | 87 |
| Last Page: | 98 |
| DDC classes: | 400 Sprache / 400 Sprache, Linguistik / 400 Sprache |
| Open Access?: | ja |
| Linguistics-Classification: | Lexikografie |
| Program areas: | L1: Lexikographie und Sprachdokumentation |
| Conferences, Workshops: | Dictionaries and Society. Proceedings of the XX EURALEX International Congress, 12-16 July 2022, Mannheim, Germany |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - CC BY-SA - Namensnennung - Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 4.0 International |