30.1919, Qs: Pidgin Language Phonological Redundancy

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Subject: 30.1919, Qs: Pidgin Language Phonological Redundancy

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Date: Mon, 06 May 2019 16:15:29
From: Jennifer Boer [j.boer at student.curtin.edu.au]
Subject: Pidgin Language Phonological Redundancy

 
Hi,

I am studying Tok Pisin (PNG)for clinical purposes and am curious to
understand the current thinking around phonological redundancy in pidgins, and
how that changes with creolisation. I found very few minimal pairs suitable to
use with children in a clinical setting. 

I formed a hypothesis that pidgins have fewer minimal pairs because their
priority is clarity in communication. I have found some writing about
redundancy in English, but little about how it works in pidgins and creoles.

Thank you for allowing me to submit.
 

Linguistic Field(s): Clinical Linguistics

Subject Language(s): Tok Pisin (tpi)



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