Lingua Franca between pidginization and koineization
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Lingua Franca between pidginization and koineization

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https://doi.org/10.1075/jpcl.00018.ope
Abstract

Abstract: Published literature on Lingua Franca contains divergent views regarding its place in the taxonomy of contact language types. While this language is traditionally regarded as a pidgin, some scholars consider it more accurate to view it as a koine. This paper shows that Lingua Franca exhibits features that are consistent with both pidginization and koineization, and proposes to view it as located on the pidgin/koine continuum.

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