Pidgin German

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Pidgin German is a misleading term for the second language introduced by adult migrants in Germany between 1975 and 1985 .

The German of the guest workers in the 1960s was often inadequate, their vocabulary was limited, there were a lack of articles and inflections for verbs and nouns , and there was a formulaic style of speech. Such characteristics are typical of language varieties and, although they partially overlap with characteristics of a real pidgin , they lack the sociological characteristics.

literature

  • J. Arends / P. Muysken / N. Smith (1995) Pidgins and Creoles. Amsterdam: Benjamin