China Coast Pidgin

Texts and contexts

Dados Bibliográficos

ID14860641
AutoresUmberto Ansaldo (0000-0002-5733-0532, University of Hong Kong, autor correspondente), Stephen Matthews (0000-0001-7683-8051, University of Hong Kong), Geoff Smith (0000-0002-7091-3193), Geoff P Smith (University of Hong Kong)
Ano2010
Páginas63-94
Data de publicação2010-03-04
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Pidgin and Creole Languages (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0920-9034 • E-ISSN: 1569-9870
EditoraJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/jpcl.25.1.03ans
OpenAlexW2019052424
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas8

In this paper we revisit some long-standing questions regarding the origins and structure of China Coast Pidgin (CCP), also known as Chinese Pidgin English. We first review the historical context of the China Trade which formed the ecology for the development of CCP. We then review the available sources, focusing on newly transcribed data from Chinese-language instructional materials. These sources provide fresh evidence for grammatical structure in CCP, and demonstrate strong influence from Cantonese as the major substrate language. Comparison with English-language sources shows systematic contrasts which point to likely variation between Anglophone and Sinophone lects, as in the case of wh-questions which show regular wh-fronting in English sources and pervasive use of wh-in-situ in Chinese sources. This conclusion helps to resolve the debate over the Sinitic features of CCP

Archaeology · China · Context (archaeology · Geography · Linguistics · Pidgin · Point (geometry · History · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation