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Article: HAWAII DEBATES USE OF PIDGIN ENGLISH
Post-Tribune (IN);  November 28, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... perplexed by the language of the locals. Pidgin English is an amalgamation of Hawaiian and ... writing test has some questioning whether pidgin English is undermining the learning of standard ... rather than teachers having to use pidgin English to get points across." That echoes ...

Transcript: Profile: Pidgin English spoken in Hawaii
NPR Special;  July 27, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... NPR Special 07-27-2005 Profile: Pidgin English spoken in Hawaii Host: MADELEINE BRAND ... islanders have a language they call Pidgin English. It's actually a mixture of several ... and it actually comes from Chinese Pidgin English brought over by the sailors. The original ...

Encyclopedia entry: WEST AFRICAN PIDGIN ENGLISH
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language;      539 words ...WEST AFRICAN PIDGIN ENGLISH, also Pidgin English , pidgin . Short form WAPE . A continuum of English ... in SIERRA LEONE , Liberian Settler English and Liberian Pidgin English , Nigerian Pidgin English , and KAMTOK or Cameroon Pidgin ...

Encyclopedia entry: SOLOMON ISLANDS PIDGIN ENGLISH
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language;      519 words ...SOLOMON ISLANDS PIDGIN ENGLISH, also commonly Pijin and technically ... Solomonic . A variety of MELANESIAN PIDGIN ENGLISH spoken in the Solomon Islands ... and FIJI , where they had used pidgin English. The local variety stabilized ...

Encyclopedia entry: AMERINDIAN PIDGIN ENGLISH
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language;      349 words ...AMERINDIAN PIDGIN ENGLISH. A general term for PIDGIN languages based on the indigenous ... um after verbs ( Squaw makum bed ), also found in Melanesian Pidgin English and Kriol in Australia. Loanwords ( chipmunk , moose , squash ...

Encyclopedia entry: MELANESIAN PIDGIN ENGLISH
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language;      423 words ...MELANESIAN PIDGIN ENGLISH, also Melanesian Pidgin . The name commonly given to three varieties ... by speakers of these languages. The development of Melanesian Pidgin English has been significantly different in the three countries. This ...

Encyclopedia entry: HAWAII PIDGIN ENGLISH
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language;      480 words ...HAWAII PIDGIN ENGLISH, also informally Pidgin . Although the term Hawaiian pidgin has ... that HAWAIIAN rather than English was pidginized. The term Hawaii Pidgin English is now generally preferred among scholars and teachers. It may ...