Sociolinguistics
Define the developmental stages of a pidgin
Fill in the blanks with the following terms:
stability | instability | developmental continuum |
lexifier | complexity | structural complexity |
jargon | stable pidgin | extended / expanded pidgin phase |
vocabulary | stable linguistic norms of usage | tertiary hybridization |
tertiary hybrid | creolize | grammar |
The stages of pidgin development (:vips 12209:)