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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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referential transparency
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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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Topic: referential transparency (26 items)
Topic: pidgin and creole languages (31 items)