A Psycholinguistic Approach to Pidgin Languages [electronic resource] / Lucretia Kinney.

Traditionally linguists have considered pidgin languages as corrupted constructions of European vocabulary based on African or Asian syntax. Recent systematic studies of these languages show complex patterns of mutual influence on many levels. To explain the structural similarities of pidgin languag...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Kinney, Lucretia
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1972.
Subjects:	Child Language. Creoles. Language Acquisition. Language Research. Language Universals. Linguistic Theory. Pidgins. Psycholinguistics. Speech Habits. Verbal Development. Vocabulary Development.