| Lemma | pidginization |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Manessy (1977) |
| Titolo | Processes of Pidginization in African Languages |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | pidginization process (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | […] one must impute to pidginization the widely attested tendency toward optimal syllabification, in which vocalic and consonantal segments alternate regularly. […] pidginization does not necessarily entail the impoverishment of a vernacular language. If certain semantic distinctions are eliminated, others may appear or develop. |