词汇 | pidginize |
释义 | pidginize verb[ I or T ] language specialized(UK usually pidginise)uk /ˈpɪdʒ.ɪ.naɪz/ us /ˈpɪdʒ.ɪ.naɪz/ to become a pidgin(= a type of language that develops when people who do not speak the same language need to communicate with each other, which usually has a simple grammar and vocabulary influenced by several different languages), or to cause a language to develop in this way: The non-dominant language often pidginizes in its last stages of existence. A pidginized form of English was used as a lingua franca between South Pacific Islanders and English-speaking colonizers. English words were borrowed and pidginised. Related word pidginization Compare creolize Languages may pidginize or creolize to varying degrees. Pidginized varieties of many European languages arose. Native speakers used minimalised, pidginised interlanguage forms when talking to non-native speakers. Forms of languages & specialist dialects acrolect argot basilect cant colloquialism demotic jargon jargonistic journalese legalese lingo lingua franca patois pidgin pidginization plain English Polari psychobabble shibboleth vernacularly |
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