pidgins and creoles

What is a pidgin?

• a contact language used between two groups of people who want to be able to understand each other but who don't have a language in common

• a type of language that consists of words and phrases that are regarded as very informal, are more common in speech than writing, and are typically restricted to a particular context or group of people

• a social or religious custom prohibiting or forbidding discussion of a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or thing

Which two describes a pidgins language?

• Has no native speaker.

• Arises from oppressed group needing to communicate with dominant group.

• Always English based.

• Arises from dominant group needing to communicate with an oppressed group.

Are new languages that develop when speakers of different languages come into contact with each other and have a need to communicate . 

• Pidgins and Creoles

• Jargon and Register

Which statement is true of pidgins?

• A. They are a mix of three or more languages.

• B. They did not exist before the 1800s.

• C. They are less complex than the languages they are derived from.

• D. They are found only in Papua New Guinea.

THESE CHARACTERISTICS BELONG TO :

Their morphology is usually isolating

They tend not to have complicated phrase structures

 Syllables tend to be simple and often lack codas

Consonant clusters are simplified

Linguistic characteristics such as gender and number (singular and plural) are excluded

• pidgin

• Creole

.......................offers a form of verbal interaction without the restrictions and taboos found in male-female discourse in traditional societies

• Tok Pisin

• Pidgin

• Creole

Which statement is true of Tok pisin?

• has its own writing system, its own literature, and its own newspapers and radio programs

• may have fewer prepositions than the language on which they are based

Creoles is used by children as their first language

• True

• False

Is a natural language developed from a mixture of different languages. It has a complete grammar of its own .It develops among the childrens of pidgin speakers , no scholars are needed to create its grammar .It is a native language to its speakers . 

• Pidgin

• Creole

All creoles language start as pidgins language.

• True

• False