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| Contrastive Linguistics | 1 |
| Creoles | 1 |
| Language Patterns | 1 |
| Language Universals | 1 |
| Language Variation | 1 |
| Morphemes | 1 |
| Morphology (Languages) | 1 |
| Pidgins | 1 |
| Semantics | 1 |
| Sociolinguistics | 1 |
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| Language | 1 |
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| Huttar, George L. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedHuttar, George L. – Language, 1975
Presents evidence for the idea that when morphemes are borrowed from a socially dominant language into a pidgin, and extended in usage as in a creole, the major factor determining the direction of such extension is the linguistic background of the speakers of languages other than the dominant one. (Author/CLK)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Creoles, Language Patterns, Language Universals
