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From: Andre@shappski.demon.co.uk (Andre Shapps)
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Subject: Re: PBS is at it again---so are the Linguists
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In article: <D4tvGs.Ew8@midway.uchicago.edu>  need@bloomfield.uchicago.edu 
(Barbara Need) writes:

> Well, no. There is no evidence that English after the conquest went  
> through either pidginization or creolization (at least not as I understand  
> these terms).

Can someone give a quick definition of pidgin and creole, in particular are creole 
languages born from pidgin languages and at what stage does a creole language 
become just a language?
-- 
Andre Shapps

