Can We Witness the (Re)making of a Pidgin in Real Time? Contact in the Russian–Chinese Border Area

The empirical focus of this paper is on the interethnic communication along the Russian–Chinese border. Language contact in this area has a long history; in the 18th century, it resulted in a contact variety, the so-called Kyakhta language, or Russian–Chinese pidgin, which fell into disuse after a c...

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Main Author: Kapitolina Fedorova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-09-01
Series:Languages
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/7/4/248