Mobilian Jargon

Download or read book Mobilian Jargon written by Emanuel J. Drechsel and published by . This book was released on 1997-02-06 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drechsel demonstrates the significance of language contact in America in this grammatical and sociohistorical study of Mobilian Jargon, an American Indian pidgin which probably originated as a lingua franca among the pre-Columbian mound-building chiefdoms of the Mississippi valley. It was extensively used from 1700 until the mid-twentieth century both among diverse groups of southeastern Native Americans, and in their interactions with non-Indians.