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Quote: the lexicon of a pidgin or creole usually comes from one language, the lexifier, while the grammar has other sources, e.g., the substrate languages
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pidgin and creole languages
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it is often the case that the great … [the lexifier], with a small (usually less than 20 per cent) contribution … That the grammar of pidgins and creoles is … controversial. … In the case of Tok Pisin [from Papua New Guinea] the lexifier is English, while the substrate would be a … Google-1 Google-2
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