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pidgin [ˈpıdʒın] N

2. pidgin inf:

pidgin
事务 shìwù
pidgin
责任 zérèn
pidgin
工作 gōngzuò

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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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Since both parties needed to communicate, a pidgin was formed.
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Whether the dialect was a trade pidgin or a fully developed mixed language is unknown.
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The pidgin evolved with later generations to become a casual language.
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Another common effect of acculturation on language is the formation of pidgin languages.
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This variety was the starting point of all the pidgin and creole languages.
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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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As the generation of child learners grow up, the pidgin will often be seen to change its structure and acquire a greater degree of complexity.
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Pidgin languages have a general tendency to simplify the phonology of a language in order to ensure successful communication.
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This is because by definition, a pidgin is not learned natively.
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