Although both pidgins and creoles originate as highly restricted vernaculars of a particular kind, creoles can in certain circumstances achieve the status of standards.

Explain with at least 2 examples what a finite clause is and tell which of the following 4 sentences are NOT finite clauses.

A. The weather being fine.

B. The book to be finished.

C. When we got there.

D. John asked Mary to leave early.

Describe the similarities and differences between a pidgin and a lingua franca.

behaviorist learning theory

idiolect

cerebral plasticity

collocation

cognate

Maxim of quantity

syntax

assimilation rules