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Quote: pidgins are semantically transparent with one form for one meaning; e.g., two words to specify gender of all species

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Topic:
referential transparency
Topic:
pidgin and creole languages

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We can describe as 'semantically transparent' those words … In Tok Pisin [from Papua New Guinea], as in other pidgins … of names for the male and female of … gender is always marked by the use of … Muhlhausler [Pidgin and Creole Linguistics ,1986, p. 169] calls the principle which underlies this …   Google-1   Google-2

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