different between pidgin vs sociolect

English

Etymology

From pidgin English, from a Chinese Pidgin English pronunciation of English business during trade in the Far East.

All attestations of pidgin from the first half of the nineteenth century given in the third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary mean “business; an action, occupation, or affair” (the earliest being from 1807).

Other suggested derivations include:

• Hebrew ?????????? (pidyón, “exchange; trade; redemption”)
• Chinese pronunciation of Portuguese ocupação (“occupation; business”)
• South Seas pronunciation of beach
• Portuguese baixo (“low”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?.d??n/
• (US) enPR: p?j??n, IPA^(key): /?p?.d??n/
• Rhymes: -?d??n, -?d??n
• Homophone: pigeon

Noun

pidgin (countable and uncountable, plural pidgins)

1. (linguistics) An amalgamation of two disparate languages, used by two populations having no common language as a lingua franca to communicate with each other, lacking formalized grammar and having a small, utilitarian vocabulary and no native speakers.
2. (archaic, idiomatic) A person's business, occupation, work, or trade (also spelt as pigeon)

Usage notes

• Some pidgins that have developed into creoles nevertheless (confusingly) retain the word "pidgin" in their names.

Synonyms

• baragouin

Derived terms

• West African Pidgin Portuguese
• pidginisation
• pidginise
• pidginization
• pidginize

Related terms

• pidgin English
• Pijin
• Tok Pisin

Translations

See also

• creole
• Creole

References

Further reading

• Pidgin English - English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?i.d???n/

Noun

pidgin m inan

1. (linguistics) Alternative spelling of pid?yn.

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) pidginowy

Further reading

• pidgin in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• pidgin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

pidgin m (plural pidgins)

1. (linguistics) pidgin (amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pidxin/, [?pið?.x?n]

Noun

pidgin m (plural pidgins or pidgin)

1. (linguistics) pidgin (amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers)

English

Etymology

socio- +? -lect, by analogy with dialect, idiolect, etc.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s??.??.?(?).l?kt/, /-s?-/, /?s??.??(?).l?kt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?so?.?i.??l?kt/, /-si-/, /?so?.???l?kt/
• Hyphenation: so?ci?o?lect

Noun

sociolect (plural sociolects)

1. (sociolinguistics) The variant of language used by a social group such as a socioeconomic class, an ethnic group, an age group, etc.

Hypernyms

• dialect

Meronyms

• idiolect

Coordinate terms

• regiolect
• ethnolect
• ecolect
• familect

Related terms

• sociolectal
• sociolectally
• sociolectic
• sociolectical
• sociolectically

Translations

See also

• argot
• cant
• chronolect
• jargon
• slang

Further reading

• sociolect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

sociolect n (plural sociolecten, diminutive sociolectje n)

1. sociolect