Concepts of Language Varities

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A simplified language, a means of commuinication between groups that don't have a language in common.
pidgin
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A stable language that has originated from a pidgin, is acquired by the next generation and developed from mixing parent languages.
creole
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Dialect considered to have social status, used by the elite and considered well educated.
prestige
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Process of pidgin rapidly expanding its vocab and grammatical rules to becoming a creole
creolization
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Over time a creole language reconverges with one of the standard languages it originally derived.
decreolization
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Variety of speech in a creole that approximates mostly closely the standard variety of a major international language
acrolect
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Variety of speech that is most remote from the prestige variety, especially in an area where creole is spoken
basilect
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Concurrent use of more than one language, or language variety in a conversation. May be used to hide fluency or memory problems in the second language
codeswitching
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Individual adjusts speech patterns to match those of people belonging to another group
convergence
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Individual adjusts speech patterns to be distinct from those of people belonging to another group
divergence
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A stable language that has originated from a pidgin, is acquired by the next generation and developed from mixing parent languages.

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creole

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Dialect considered to have social status, used by the elite and considered well educated.

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Process of pidgin rapidly expanding its vocab and grammatical rules to becoming a creole

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Over time a creole language reconverges with one of the standard languages it originally derived.

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