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Creoles and the origins of language

  • Creoles are based on pidgins

  • A pidgin is not a uniform language

  • A pidgin is not a complete language

  • Creoles are strikingly similar all over the world

  • Creoles probably emerge in a single generation

  • Creoles emerge spontaneously

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