Upcoming conference possibly to feature a paper on Haida Pidgin

[Dave Robertson]

Lhush pulEkli,

You might find some of the following to be of interest.  I have read that
Haida Pidgin a.k.a. Haida Jargon was the first fur-trade contact language on
the Northwest coast area of North America, and that it was fully supplanted
by (a possible 'Nootka Jargon' and) Chinook Jargon.  I will try to keep you
posted about this topic.

Best,
Dave


Date:         Tue, 17 Oct 2000 16:34:09 +0200
 From:         CreoLIST <CreoLIST at ling.su.se>
 Subject:      Pidgins: their nature and significance
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 Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 22:22:53 +0100
 From: "Philip Baker" <battlebridge at talk21.com>
 Subject: Pidgins: their nature and significance

 Workshop on
 Pidgins: their nature and significance
 University of Westminster
 19-21 April 2001


 Earlier this year, the intention of holding a Workshop on pidgins in either
 December 2000 or April 2001 and in Amsterdam or London was announced on
 CreoList.  Creolisters were invited to register their interest in attending
 and to express their preferences, if any, regarding the timing and/or
 location.  The responses recieved to this circular indicated that April 2001
 was preferred by the majority while there was equal support for both venues.
 After much discussion, it has been decided to hold the workshop in London
 because inexpensive (but fairly basic) student accommodation can be offered
 to participants who want this and because the University of Westminster can
 provide a suitable meeting place on Saturday (in contrast to Amsterdam where
 extra funding would be required).

 It is currently envisaged that papers presented at the workshop will fall
 into two main categories:
 (A) papers dealing with theoretical questions; and
 (B) papers dealing with individual pidgins

 Category A  is expected to include papers on the salient characteristics of
 pidgins (Is there a set of features common to all pidgins? To what extent
 are these features also found in creoles?); the relationship between
 pidginization and creolization (Evidence for and against the "classic"
 theory that Creoles are Pidgins which have acquired native speakers. Are
 there differences between pidgins and creoles which can be defined in
 linguistic terms?), the contribution of so-called "foreigner talk", and the
 relevance of SLA studies to pidgin genesis.

 For category B, we are particularly keen to include papers on hitherto
 undescribed or underdescribed pidgins, especially those for which historical
 data are available and including those which are now extinct .  We hope to
 have papers on at least the following languages: Antera Duke¹s West African
 PE, Chinese Pidgin English, Fanakalo, Français tirailleur, Govorka (Siberian
 Pidgin Russian), Haida Pidgin, Hawaiian PE, Hottentot Dutch, Lingua Franca,
 Masbieker-Afrikaans, Russenorsk, Tay Boi, and US  East Coast Amerindian PE.

 Some weeks after the first circular about this workshop was posted on
 CreoList, Baker lost his entire archive of e-mail messages (including all
 responses relating to the workshop).  A list compiled from memory
 immediately after this disaster suggests that all the following indicated
 that they hoped to attend the workshop: Jacques Arends, Gertrud Aub-Buscher,
 Philip Baker, Peter Bakker, Hans den Besten, Hildo do Couto, Sonja Ermisch,
 Karl Gadelii, Anthony Grant, Magnus Huber, Rajend Mesthrie, Salikoko
 Mufwene, Peter Mühlhäusler, Shin Okajima, Mikael Parkvall, Peter Patrick,
 Sarah Roberts, Norval Smith, Dieter Stern, Anand Syea, Loreto Todd.   If
 there are any inaccuracies in, or omissions from, this list, please let us
 know.

 As with all earlier Westminster workshops, the papers presented will form
 the basis of one or even two books to be published by Battlebridge.  And, as
 in the past, we will be pleased to receive relevant papers from people who
 are unable to attend the workshop in person with a view to their potential
 inclusion in the book(s).  If you would like to participate in this workshop
 and/or contribute to the book(s) emanating from the workshop, please send an
 e-mail message indicating the likely topic of your contribution to:

 <pb at soas.ac.uk>

 The provisional timetable for the workshop is:

 Thursday 19 April 2001 14:00 - 17:30
 Friday 20 April    9:30 - 13:00
     14:00 - 17:30
 Saturday 21 April    9:30 - 13:00

 These times may be varied slightly depending on the number of contributions
 offered.

 Details of the venue, information about transport from airports and railway
 termini, etc. will be circulated later.

 PHILIP BAKER, ANAND SYEA



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