Abstract
Pidgins and creoles are new languages that develop in language contact situations because of a need for communication among people who do not share a common language. A pidgin continues to be used primarily as a second language for intergroup communication, while a creole has become the mother tongue of a particular group of speakers. The lexicon of a pidgin or creole is derived from the various languages originally in contact, with the majority usually coming from one particular language, called the lexifier. However, the grammar of a pidgin or creole is different from that of the lexifier or any of the other contributing languages.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Oxford Handbook of Applied Linguistics |
| Editors | Robert Kaplan |
| Place of Publication | New York, United States of America |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 335-351 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Print) | 019513267X |
| Publication status | Published - 2002 |
Keywords
- Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics
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