Pidgin
The term pidgin ( name male ) means different languages used simplified created on the vocabulary and some structures of a basic language, usually European ( English , Spanish , French , Dutch , Portuguese , etc..).
Linguists distinguish the pidgin creole based on the level of structuring the language .
Note: Pijin (note spelling) is a pidgin based lexically English spoken in the Solomon Islands .
According to some research suggests that the Melanesian pidgins are not derived directly from English, but the Pacific pidgin English spoken in the nineteenth century by sailors and merchants in the South Pacific .
Summary |
The word pidgin word come from the business in Anglo-Chinese pidgin , . Originally used to describe it, it was then generalized to all languages in contact with comparable characteristics. Pidgin is considered by sociolinguists as an auxiliary language.
Notes
- David Crystal, The English Language, p. 13-18. Crystal uses the terms Creole and pidgin English (no accent).
- David Crystal, The English Language, p. 17
- References
- (In) Bakker, Peter (1994). "Pidgin", in Jacques Arends, Pieter C. Muysken, Norval Smith: Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction. John Benjamins, 26-39.
- (In) David Crystal, The English Language. A Guided Tour of the Language, 2nd edition, Penguin, London, 2002
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