Pidgin
A makeshift language created by people who must communicate, but don’t share a common language. (sociolinguistics)
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Pin/Pen Merger
Dialects of English where “pin” and “pen” are pronounced the same ([pʰɪn]) have undergone the ‘pin/pen merger.’ (sociolinguistics)
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Pitch Contrast Analysis (PCA)
Examines how pitch can be realized as tones when looking at loanword adaptations to native phonological systems. (phonology)
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