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Quote: pidgins make maximum use of a minimum lexicon of 100 to several thousand words
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The principle of maximum semantic transparency goes hand … [Pidgin and Creole Linguistics ,1986, p. 171] calls 'maximum use of a minimum lexicon'. … estimates for pidgins range from less than 100 … pidgins such as Tok Pisin. … The remainder of this section will give illustrations … [make best use of a limited lexicon]. Google-1 Google-2
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