Language contacts

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What is a pidgin?

a languages varitey that develops out of sporadic and limited contact between europeans and non-europeans

ex. russenorsk

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What are the typical features of a pidgin?

  • restricted in functions and structures

  • lexifiers

  • emerged out of trade colonies

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What happens to pidgins?

die out; expand to regular vernaculars; (theory: become creoles)

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What is a koiné?

The result of levelling/simplification between to dialects to reduce variation

e.g. london accent

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What is a creole?

A language variety that emerges as a result of regular and intimate contact between europeans and native speakers of the lexifier

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Where are creoles typical?

settlement colonies, plantations

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Factors in language contact?

regularity and intimacy