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), Pag. 6-7

Pidgin languages lack the full range of connectives found in natural languages like English.
- Romaine (1988), Pag. 150

In a pidgin language the referential functions precede the interpersonal.
- Romaine (1988), Pag. 151