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Distinguish between pidgins and creoles and explain how their distinctive grammar, pronunciation and vocabulary have emerged in different parts of the world due to the processes of colonialization.
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Essay 1 Distinguish between pidgins and creoles and explain how their distinctive grammar, pronunciation and vocabulary have emerged in different parts of the world due to the processes of colonialization. Support your answer with close reference to at least two case studies. A pidgin language is not the native language of anyone but is used as an auxiliary or supplemental language between two mutually unintelligible speech communities. It is essentially a simplified language derived from two or more languages - a contact language developed and used by people who do not share a common language in a given geographical area. It is characterized by limited vocabulary with a simple grammar enough to satisfy basic communication needs. Since they serve a single simplistic purpose, they usually die out. The oldest known pidgin is called 'Sabir' which was based on Mediterranean languages and used during the crusades in the eleventh to thirteenth centuries. ( ref...
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