从语言的经济原则角度看皮钦语的商贸价值

Business Value of Pidgins——From the Perspective of the Economy Principle of Language

皮钦语是一种混合的语言形态,它是一种特殊的语言变体,作为一种边缘语言和非标准语言,它一度被忽略和轻视,虽然从20世纪中期起语言学家们已经开始对此种混合语从语言学的角度进行研究,但其社会价值并没有被广泛认可。皮钦语虽然在发音、语法和句法方面没有标准语完善,然而从语言的经济原则角度来看(本文从语言的信息、交流、语义表达等方面来看),皮钦语由于其简洁的结构和大量的信息承载能力,在商贸交往过程中起着非常重要的作用,为世界经济的繁荣做出了巨大的贡献。

Pidgin language is a kind of hybrid and peculiar language variation.As a peripheral and nonstandard language,pidgin language was often neglected and ignored.Although linguists started to make a study on this hybrid language within linguistic field from 1950s,the social value of pidgin language hasn＇t been widely accepted.Pidgin language is not perfect in pronunciation,grammar and syntax,but from the economy principle of language（this paper focuses on information exchange and expression）,pidgin language plays an important role in commercial trade because of its short structure and ability to carry more information,which has inevitably made great contribution to the global economic prosperity.