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Pidgin. A pidgin[1][2][3] / ˈpɪdʒɪn /, or pidgin language, is a grammatically simplified means of communication that develops between two or more groups of people that do not have a language in common: typically, its vocabulary and grammar are limited and often drawn from several languages. It is most commonly employed in situations such as ...
English-based pidgins that became stable contact languages, and which have some documentation, include the following: Aboriginal Pidgin English. Native American Pidgin English. Cameroonian Pidgin English. Chinese Pidgin English. Butler English (India) Ghanaian Pidgin English. Hawaiian Pidgin English. Japanese Bamboo English.
Tok Pisin (English: / tɒkˈpɪsɪn / TOKPISS-in, [ 3 ][ 4 ] / tɔːk, - zɪn / tawk, -zin; [ 5 ]Tok Pisin [tok pisin] [ 1 ]), often referred to by English speakers as New Guinea Pidgin or simply Pidgin, is a creole language spoken throughout Papua New Guinea. It is an official language of Papua New Guinea and the most widely used language ...
Anthony Higgins (born 9 May 1947) is an English stage, film and television actor. His credits include A Walk with Love and Death (1969), Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970), Hadleigh (1976), The Eagle of the Ninth (1977), Love in a Cold Climate (1980), Quartet (1981), The Draughtsman's Contract (1982), Lace (1984), The Bride (1985), Young Sherlock Holmes (1985), Napoleon and Josephine: A Love ...
Graham Higgins. Joel Franklin Higgins(born September 28, 1943) is an American actor[1]and singer with a stage career spanning over 50 years. Life and career. [edit] A graduate of Michigan State Universitywhere he was a member of Delta Tau DeltaInternational Fraternity,[2]Higgins initially performed in coffeehousesto help pay his way through ...
Higgins has appeared onstage in Paul and Black Watch, and in the film Complicity. He played Alan in Staying Alive, a hospital drama on ITV. He has also played Jamie McDonald, an aggressive press officer, in the BBC show The Thick of It and its spin-off feature-length film, In the Loop. In 2009, he appeared as Gil Cameron on the BBC drama Hope ...
Christopher Biggins. Christopher Biggins. Biggins at the Carlton Club in 2009. Born. (1948-12-16) 16 December 1948 (age 75) Oldham, Lancashire, England. Occupation (s) Actor, television presenter. Years active.
In linguistics, a stratum (Latin for 'layer') or strate is a historical layer of language that influences or is influenced by another language through contact. The notion of "strata" was first developed by the Italian linguist Graziadio Isaia Ascoli (1829–1907), and became known in the English-speaking world through the work of two different ...