BORGARMЕLET, A SAAMI-SWEDISH PIDGIN FROM THE XVIII c.

Borgarmеlet is a typical pidgin being characterized by a vocabulary mostly from a superstrate language (Swedish), a stable simplified grammatical structure without synthetic forms, direct or transformed grammatical interference from the substrate language (Saami), and its own innovations both in word-formation and in its grammar.

pdf_icon Kuzmenko Yury. BORGARMЕLET, A SAAMI-SWEDISH PIDGIN FROM THE XVIII c.