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Publication details [#8316]

Samarin, William J. 1971. Salient and substantive pidginization. In Hymes, Dell H., ed. Pidginization and creolization of languages. Cambridge University Press. pp. 117–140.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

diachrony vs. synchrony | functions of language | language variation | pidginization

Annotation

S. argues that in addition to the purely descriptive use of 'pidginization' to formulate a taxonomy of language varieties and language functions, the term should serve to remind linguists of the sociological dimension of both synchronic and diachronic dynamism.