“Two Sides of the Same Coin”: Yokohama Pidgin Japanese and Japanese Pidgin English

The paper is a comparative overview of the phonology, morphology, syntax and lexicon of Yokohama Pidgin Japanese and Japanese Pidgin English, formerly spoken in Japan. Both varieties are shown to exhibit features typical of pre-pidgins, while they differ considerably in the circumstances of their em...

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Main Author: Andrei A. AVRAM
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2017-06-01
Series:Acta Linguistica Asiatica
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Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/ala/article/view/7268