The study of language systems undergoing development has generally remained marginal to the concerns of mainstream linguistics. Pidgin languages […] were regarded as corrupt, simplified versions of donor languages. - Romaine (1988), a pag.6-7 Pidgin languages lack the full range of connectives found in natural languages like English. - Romaine (1988), a pag.150 In a pidgin language the referential functions precede the interpersonal. - Romaine (1988), a pag.151
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