![]() Typically, in the formation of a pidgin, you have a substrate language and a superstrate language. Right, so a pidgin is a form of language that develops between two groups of people who don’t speak the same language but still needed to understand each other for one reason or another. In order to do that, I’ll first need to say a few words about what a creole actually is, and we’re going to do the basic definition here: a creole is a pidgin with native speakers. ![]() ![]() I’ve previously discussed the question of whether English is a Romance language, but today, we’re going to jump into something different, namely, the question of whether English is a creole. All this invading and being invaded by non-native people had a tremendous effect on most things English, the English language among them. Today is no exception to the rule (though there will be some in the future)!Īnyway, it’s safe to say that England has been invaded a lot during the last couple of… well, centuries. By now, I figure most of you have noticed that when a post shows up at the HLC about the development of the English language in particular, I show up. ![]()
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