Expanding Schumann's Pidginization Hypothesis.

Andersen, Roger W.

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ERIC Number: EJ208235

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Publication Date: 1979-Jun

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Expanding Schumann's Pidginization Hypothesis.

Andersen, Roger W.

Language Learning, v29 n1 p105-19 Jun 1979

Proposes a revision and expansion of Schumann's (1978b) model of pidginization as it relates to second language learning. A distinction is made between sociocultural aspects of the pidginization cycle and the acquisitional processes of pidginization, creolization, and decreolization. (Author/AM)

Descriptors: Creoles, Language Research, Language Variation, Linguistic Theory, Models, Pidgins, Psycholinguistics, Second Language Learning, Sociolinguistics

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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