LING 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Lingua Franca, Creole Language, Jargon
21 Oct 2017
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Begins tomorrow @6m till monday evening ag 11:59pm. Lingua franca any form of language serving as a means of communication between speakers of different languages. A pidgin a language that is derived from two or more languages and is spoken by people who do not share a common language. Pidgins can be divided in relation to their functions: A jargon (pre-pidgin) has an unstable structure limited vocabulary and its augmented by gestures. A stable pidgin (pidgin) has a recognizable structure and developed vocabulary but is limited in its domains. An expanded pidgin has a more sophisticated structure and vocabulary. Creoles are expanded pidgins that were used over a length of time that has evolved into a language that is used more often with a greater structure. Superstrate language socially dominant language; spanish, portuguese, english and french: (french , (english, (english, (english, (french, (german papua n. g, (english) Non genesis theory: all pidgins come from one universal language; portuguese.
