Chinese pidgin English: Its origin and linguistic features
洋泾浜英语的起源及语言特征
Dingxu Shi 石定栩

Abstract 摘要
Chinese Pidgin English is a contact language widely used along the coast of China in the 18th and 19th century. It was formed in a very restricted contact situation to fulfill limited communication need between English-speaking traders and their Cantonese-speaking servants. Many linguistic features of this pidgin can be considered as contribution from Cantonese. A few features can be analyzed as simplification from both languages. No exclusive English structural feature is found in the data of pre-20th-century Chinese Pidgin English.

洋泾浜英语是一种十八，十九世纪在中国沿海流行的混合语，是在说英语的外国商人和说广东话的佣人之间为满足有限的交际需要而形成的。洋泾浜英语的许多语言特征可以认定为来自广东话，少数特征可以认为是英语和广东话共有特征的简化。在十八，十九世纪的洋泾浜英语资料中，没有发现纯属英语的结构特征。

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