China Coast Pidgin: Texts and contexts

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 sou...

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Main Authors: Ansaldo, Umberto, Matthews, Stephen, Smith, Geoff
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING CO 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/85208
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Matthews, Stephen
Smith, Geoff
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description 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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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-852082021-09-07T07:54:53Z China Coast Pidgin: Texts and contexts Ansaldo, Umberto Matthews, Stephen Smith, Geoff Social Sciences Linguistics Language & Linguistics pidgin substrate influence Cantonese Sinitic English 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. 2010 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/85208 10.1075/jpcl.25.1.03ans en JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING CO restricted
spellingShingle Social Sciences
Linguistics
Language & Linguistics
pidgin
substrate influence
Cantonese
Sinitic
English
Ansaldo, Umberto
Matthews, Stephen
Smith, Geoff
China Coast Pidgin: Texts and contexts
title China Coast Pidgin: Texts and contexts
title_full China Coast Pidgin: Texts and contexts
title_fullStr China Coast Pidgin: Texts and contexts
title_full_unstemmed China Coast Pidgin: Texts and contexts
title_short China Coast Pidgin: Texts and contexts
title_sort china coast pidgin: texts and contexts
topic Social Sciences
Linguistics
Language & Linguistics
pidgin
substrate influence
Cantonese
Sinitic
English
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/85208