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This paper investigates a range of structural and lexical aspects of the Pitkern–Norf’k language, which characterize it typologically as an ‘ecologically embedded’ contact language. Lexical items spanning various lexical fields are employed to illustrate key criteria in the relationship between place-knowledge and linguistic knowledge. It is claimed that ecolinguistics needs to supplement philosophical...
This article is presented in two parts. The first is a response to Orman’s integrationist critique of orthodox theorising of linguistic diversity and language loss. It asks how integrationist claims might be empiricised and translated into a practical research programme. A discussion of the ontology of Norf’k and the pitfalls of employing metalinguistic terminology is followed by the second part:...
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