On the Origins of Pidgin and Creole Languages: An Outline

Pidgin and creole languages are usually the result of contacts between people who do not speak each other’s language. When they meet for different purposes (trade, business, plantation work) they immediately look for a quick means of communication. Thus, a simple makeshift language is created in a r...

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Published in:	Styles of Communication
Main Author:	Aleksandra Knapik
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of Bucharest Publishing House 2009-11-01
Subjects:	ontact linguistics pidgins creoles and mixed languages minority languages
Online Access:	http://journals.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/communication/article/view/142