Transparency and Opacity in the Genesis and Development of Pidgins and Creole Languages: the Case of Interrogative Words
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https://doi.org/10.21165/el.v45i1.1425Keywords:
semantic transparency, morphological simplification, pidgins and creole languages, interrogative words, linguistic change.Abstract
From the implication relationship between morphological simplification and increased transparency in the functioning of languages, this article focuses on how these categories operate in pidginization and creolization processes. The empirical basis of this reflection is provided by data englobing changes that usually affect interrogative words (e.g. where, when, who) in the genesis of pidgins and creole languages. The purpose of this article is to contribute to a more balanced theory of linguistic change, avoiding the paradoxes that surround traditional theories, which are guided by a single principle, like the conception that human languages tend to simplification in their historical development.
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