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Peer reviewedMacedo, Donaldo P. – Language Learning, 1986
Examines the process of pidgin development within the context of the Government and Binding Theory proposed by Chomsky in 1981. Hypothesizes that the contact of various languages may produce a new experience which subsequently fixes the parameters of Universal Grammar, providing a pidgin core gammar. (SED)
Descriptors: Creoles, Diachronic Linguistics, Grammar, Language Universals
