Culture · 6 pages · 12 min
How a pidgin differs from a creole
A pidgin is a limited contact tool, and a creole is a native language that has expanded.
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From the opening
A pidgin is a contact language, often simplified, that lets groups without a shared language handle limited work such as trade. A creole is the name for a contact variety that has become a community's native language and expanded to cover a whole life. The opening covers a contact code versus a native language, children expand the system they acquire, and the word source is not the grammar.
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Inside
- A contact code versus a native language
- Children expand the system they acquire
- The word source is not the grammar
- The textbook life cycle is simplified
- Where the idea stops applying
- A distinction worth keeping
Sources
- Pidgins as limited languages of contact
- Creoles as expanded languages with native speakers