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I recall that immigrant populations that don't integrate into the main population for long periods of time have a tendency to learn simplified versions of the o
by weberc2 9y ago
I recall that immigrant populations that don't integrate into the main population for long periods of time have a tendency to learn simplified versions of the original language. If I recall correctly, Old English lost a lot of its ornament when the Norse settled in Britain.
EDIT: I'm puzzled by the downvotes. Am I mistaken? If so, I'm happy to be corrected.
- yodon 9y agoYou are probably thinking of Pidgins and Creoles[0], two very well studied linguistic categories that come about when two or more groups with no shared language come together (Pidgin) and then their children learn the Pidgin as a first language (morphing it into a Creole). AAVE is grammatically and functionally distinct from either a Pidgin or a Creole. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creole_language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creole_language