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    China Coast Pidgin: Texts and contexts

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    Authors
    Ansaldo, Umberto
    Matthews, Stephen
    Smith, Geoff
    Date
    2010
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Ansaldo, U. and Matthews, S. and Smith, G. 2010. China Coast Pidgin: Texts and contexts. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages. 25 (1): pp. 63-94.
    Source Title
    Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages
    DOI
    10.1075/jpcl.25.1.03ans
    ISSN
    0920-9034
    Faculty
    Faculty of Humanities
    School
    School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/85208
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    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.

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