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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013 @ 1:29PM

Pidgin

A makeshift language created by people who must communicate, but don’t share a common language. (sociolinguistics)

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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013 @ 1:29PM

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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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013 @ 1:29PM

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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