Quote: pidgin grammars lack surface and morphological complexity. Pidgins use semantic transparency, a limited vocabulary, and limited function words

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We can summarise [pidgin grammars] in terms of four … (small number of tenses, no plural, no gender … shown by a lack of inflection, and a … for isolating and agglutinative morphology, and in the … and a small number of grammatical function words, …   Google-1   Google-2

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