To Study Pidgin at Firsthand
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Firsthand
Dr. Robert Hall, Jr., Professor of Linguistics at Cornell University, New York, has the distinction of having written a comprehensive book on the grammar of Melanesian Pidgin-English without ever having seen a native who spoke the language.
He arrived in Port Moresby on March 17 to study the background of the speakers of Pidgin, and more about the language in general. His theory is that it is a worthwhile language and when he has completed his research, he will write a book about it.
Photo by Papuan Prints.
Recent Cook Is. travellers (left to right): Mr. John Herman, manager for A. B.
Donald & Co. at Aitutaki, and Mr. John Harrington, manager for TEAL at Aitutaki, paid business visits to Auckland and Sydney. Mr. Henley McKegg, Island Councillor and manager for Cook Islands Trading Co., on vacation in Auckland. Mr. R. Mounsey, of W. H. Grove & Sons, Ltd., Auckland, combined business with pleasure in March, taking the Maui Pomare round-trip.