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单词 pidgin
释义
pidgin
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˈpɪdʒ.ɪn/us
/ˈpɪdʒ.ɪn/
alanguagethat hasdevelopedfrom amixtureof twolanguages. It is used as a way ofcommunicatingbypeoplewho do notspeakeach other'slanguages.
（两种语言混在一起的）混杂语言，洋泾浜语
pidgin English, French, etc.informal
English,French, etc. when it isspokenin asimpleway by someone who does notspeakthatlanguagewell:
洋泾浜英语／法语等
"He come here?" heaskedinpidginEnglish.“他来这里？”他用洋泾浜英语问道。
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(Definition ofpidginfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

pidgin| American Dictionary

pidgin
noun[C]
us
/ˈpɪdʒ·ɪn/
alanguagethat hasdevelopedfrom amixtureof two or morelanguagesand is used forcommunicatingbypeoplewho do notspeakeach other’slanguage
(Definition ofpidginfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpidgin

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Finally, pidgins will generally have at least three parent languages.
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Another claim of affinity between pidgins, creoles and other languages involves genetic relationship, and the traditional family tree representation of this.
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There are various reasons why historical linguists might wish to study pidgins and creoles, and more specifically pidginisation and creolisation.
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All across the continent, they used local languages, or at least local trading pidgins, well enough to carry out their business.
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Because pidgins are often intelligible over linguistically diverse areas, they have a cer tain advantage as languages of choice for vernacular literacy.
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The initial function of pidgins is to facilitate communication between groups of people who share no common language.
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The gentle song of the boatman in the poem of that title reveals pidgin's poetic resourcefulness through its sheer lyricism and beauty of form.
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Both pidgins and obsolescing languages are also monostylistic, and are, or become, inadequate for use as the sole language of a speech community.
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Five chapters organized by continent and one for pidgins and creoles are preceded by chapters on classification of languages and classification of writing systems.
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Examples include child language, pidgins, and ape language.
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Her concern is to provide a typological classification of "the linguistic products of language contact": pidgins, creoles, and bilingual mixed languages.
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Thus, these "inessential" features are not found in creoles because of "the fact that creoles began as pidgins".
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His current interests, in addition to pidgins and creoles, are language obsolescence, historical linguistics, and sociolinguistics.
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First, the distinction between pidgins and creoles is not made clear.
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I am also much indebted to her for more general guidance on the literature on pidgins and creoles.
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