Reduction language

A reduction language is a language variety that has arisen from parts of one or more languages. Linguistic simplification and linguistic minimalism are characteristic. The language variant is grammatically and phonetically less pronounced than the source language and typically uses a very limited vocabulary (a reduced lexicon ).

In contrast to the mixed language , the reduction language lacks features such as the politically or economically motivated compulsion to adopt language patterns.

Examples

• Colonial German
• Creole language
• Pidgin language
• naturalistic planned languages

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• Helmut Glück (Ed.), With the collaboration of Friederike Schmöe : Metzler Lexikon Sprache. 3rd, revised edition. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2005, ISBN 3-476-02056-8 .

Web links

Wiktionary: Reduction language  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations