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LINGUISTICS & CULTURE
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PORTUGUESE LINGUISTICS & CULTURE |
| Autor: | Ricardo - EMB - |
| E-mail: | emb@sk.com.br |
| Data: | 15/MAI/2005 10:38 AM |
| Assunto: | Re: Brazilian English: a dialect or a pidgin? |
| Mensagem: | Dear Pat and José, A DIALECT is a distinctive variety of language identified by phonological, lexical and grammatical features within a speech community. According to McArthur, "although the term usually refers to regional speech, it can be extended to cover differences according to class and occupation; such terms as regional dialect, social dialect, class dialect, occupational dialect, urban dialect, and rural dialect are all used by linguists." A PIDGIN, in a modern sense, is a makeshift language created by non-native speakers and characterized by linguistic improvisation and compromise due to the interference of the speakers' native language. According to McArthur, "The term is sometimes extended to refer to the early stages of any instance of second-language acquisition when learners acquire a minimal form of the target language often influenced by their own primary language ..." Dialects are always native variations while pidgins are typically foreign. Therefore, when we speak of Brazilian English we are not speaking of a dialect, but rather of a pidgin. Ricardo - EMB |
English Made in Brazil -- English, Portuguese, & contrastive linguistics
Por que entendo o meu professor? – Gecilio Quirino 
13/MAI/2005, 5:05 PM Re: Por que entendo o meu professor? – Marcelo 13/MAI/2005, 5:25 PM Re: Por que entendo o meu professor? – Rodolfo 13/MAI/2005, 6:31 PM Obrigado pelas respostas – Gecilio 16/MAI/2005, 3:15 PM Brazilian English – Wauber 13/MAI/2005, 8:16 PM Re: Brazilian English – José Roberto 13/MAI/2005, 10:42 PM Re: Brazilian English – pat 14/MAI/2005, 8:15 AM Re: Brazilian English – José Roberto 14/MAI/2005, 3:33 PM Re: Brazilian English – pat 15/MAI/2005, 8:31 AM 
Re: Brazilian English: a dialect or a pidgin? – Ricardo - EMB - 15/MAI/2005, 10:38 AM Re: Brazilian English: a dialect or a pidgin? – pat 16/MAI/2005, 8:02 AM Re: Brazilian English: a dialect or a pidgin? – Zeca 17/MAI/2005, 8:10 AM Re: Brazilian English: a dialect or a pidgin? – Gecilio 19/MAI/2005, 9:07 AM Re: Brazilian English: a dialect or a pidgin? – Joahnnes 19/MAI/2005, 1:43 PM Re: Brazilian English: a dialect or a pidgin? – Gecilio 19/MAI/2005, 4:41 PM Re: Brazilian English: a dialect or a pidgin? – Pat 21/MAI/2005, 8:54 AM Re: Por que entendo o meu professor? – Márcio Osório 14/MAI/2005, 1:37 AM