The Role of Core Grammar in Pidgin Development.

Macedo, Donaldo P.

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Publication Date: 1986

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The Role of Core Grammar in Pidgin Development.

Macedo, Donaldo P.

Language Learning, v36 n1 p65-75 Mar 1986

Examines the process of pidgin development within the context of the Government and Binding Theory proposed by Chomsky in 1981. Hypothesizes that the contact of various languages may produce a new experience which subsequently fixes the parameters of Universal Grammar, providing a pidgin core gammar. (SED)

Descriptors: Creoles, Diachronic Linguistics, Grammar, Language Universals, Linguistic Borrowing, Linguistic Theory, Pidgins, Second Language Learning

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