Alternative Views on the Origin of Pidgins Include the Idea

question 54

Multiple Choice

Alternative views on the origin of pidgins include the idea that:

• A) Pidgins develop from the common use of language rather than from properties of the human mind.
• B) Pidgins develop because one linguistic community dominates the other.
• C) Pidgins develop from the lack of mature adult models of the child's original language.
• D) Pidgins originate due to the invariance hypothesis.

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