問題詳情

23Which of the following statements about pidgins is NOT true?
(A)Some pidgins are predominantly used as a lingua franca.
(B)The pidgin is used at the beginning primarily as a trade language.
(C)The pidgin is the first language in some speech communities and has native speakers.
(D)The pidgin is a simplified language with reduced vocabulary and grammatical structure.

參考答案

答案：C
難度：困難0.391304
統計：A(5),B(7),C(9),D(0),E(0)

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A pidgin, or pidgin language, is a grammatically simplified means of communication that develops between two or more groups that do not have a language in common: typically, a mixture of simplified languages or a simplified primary language with other languages' elements included. It is most commonly employed in situations such as trade, or where both groups speak languages different from the language of the country in which they reside (but where there is no common language between the groups). Fundamentally, a pidgin is a simplified means of linguistic communication, as it is constructed ...