pidgin in the PONS Dictionary

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The homogeneity of the substrate as a factor in pidgin/creole genesis.
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Another common effect of acculturation on language is the formation of pidgin languages.
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Although it is strictly neither a pidgin nor a creole, it possesses some features of both language types.
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Whether the dialect was a trade pidgin or a fully developed mixed language is unknown.
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Several explanations of creole genesis have relied on prior nativization of a pidgin as a stage in achieving creoleness.
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It is often labeled pidgin or even creole, which is not correct by any widespread definition of pidgin or creole language.
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In addition, there was a trade pidgin that may have never been extensively used, or was only used by a well-traveled elite.
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This is because by definition, a pidgin is not learned natively.
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Since both parties needed to communicate, a pidgin was formed.
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The pidgin evolved with later generations to become a casual language.
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