SOCIOLINGUISTICS: PIDGINS AND CREOLES
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Pidgin is a language with no native speakers : it is no one's first
language but is a contact language (only some area that understand the
language).
-Limited Vocabulary
- Unstructured Sentence
The origin of pidgin comes from
colonialism trade and slavery. Pidgin language started to develop in areas
where the colonists and trades come and settled.
At that time pidgin was the
lingua franca for trading and a communication tool for slaves.
Have we ever heard of this expression "Long time no see" that is the simple example pidgin based on English.
Have we ever heard of this expression "Long time no see" that is the simple example pidgin based on English.
Creole is often define as a pidgin that has become the first
language (mother tongue) of a new generation of speakers.
Pidgin can be creole cause it is
need big structure or completed sentence.
The different between pidgin and
creole are:
Pidgin is no native speaker,
while creole native speaker.
Pidgin is mixing of language and
reduced grammar and vocabulary. Creole is mixed language associated with
cultural and often racial mixture and have parents who use pidgin.
Q&A:
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Fajrin Suhaila
Please give
more explanation and example of creole!
Answer: Creole
is the mixing of some language that become a new language as the first
language. Creole is mother tongue. This language appears as caused of pidgins.
Example: Papua New Guinea’s language. and creole
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Syahfitri
As a teacher
candidates, what is the advantages by learning pidgins and creoles for us?
Answer: *Teacher can be the bridge for students in the class which have
more than one language.
*Students can be more enthusiast with the language.
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Annisa Septiani
What is the
relationship among pidgins, creoles and Sociolinguistics?
Answer: we know
that, Sociolinguistics is the study of language and society. Pidgins is used in
certain situation to communicate with people who has different language. It is
mixing of language with limited vocabulary and unstructured sentence while creoles
is mixing of some language become a new language (mother tongue) to communicate
in some area. So, pidgins and creoles have relationships with Sociolinguistics
cause it happened in society.
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