| Lemma | superstrate influence |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Bickerton (1981) |
| Titolo | Roots of Language |
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| Citazioni | […] there is another variable in pidgins that may have more far-reaching consequences than differences in the pidgin substrata: that is, the extent of superstrate influence on the pidgin. This in turn will depend on ratios of superstrate to nonsuperstrate speakers; if the former are numerous, there will be more superstrate features available to the first creole generation. […] we established that superstrate influence was one of the factors which would disrupt natural creole development, whether that influence came during pidginization or, much later, through decreolization. |