The Study of Language: Pidgin Languages - Study Guide | LING 2100, Study notes of Linguistics

Download The Study of Language: Pidgin Languages - Study Guide | LING 2100 and more Study notes Linguistics in PDF only on Docsity! Linguistics 4/22/11 Alligator < Sp. el lagarto < Lat. Lacerta The al in albondiga is from arabic. algadon: the al is from arabic alcohol: the al is again from arabic. The Lexion for pidgins: Lexicon: derived from superstratum lang (e.g. Eng., Sp.) Lexifier Lang. 2 strategies to cope with limitations 1) expand meaning of words [stick] 'stick, tree' or [wikop] 'wakeup, get up' 2) compounding words 'cat baby' = kitten Phonetics/Phonology: Derived from substratum lang(s) - simplified constant clusters. e.g. strong [trang]. The tr is realized but not str. Or dust [dus] the t is eliminated. These are both from cameroonian Pidgin. Expanded pidgin. It sets aparts that its not only limited to social interaction and has full grammar. Its different in context to crystallization as well. Morphology: May come from any of the donor languages. e.g. Pronoun i (cameroonian pidgin) = ' he she him her and his' also have elimination of third singular -s in the present verbs and also of the plurual -s. e.g: [tink]= 'thinks' for the third singular -s and [win]= 'wings' for the plural -s. Syntax: Word order from superstratum. In case of English: the word order is subject- Verb- Object. 'The dog bit him'. You will have prepositions ( prep Np) and not postpositions (NP prep). Combining the two equal adpositions. Auxillary verbs are going to precede the main verbs. e.g. will go instead of 'go will' (permissible only in lang. which use postpositions).