“Pidgin” English
This is an 1878 article by N.B. Dennys titled “Pidgin” English, published in the Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol. 2, No. 2 (December 1878), pp. 168–174.
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The title’s use of quotation marks around “Pidgin” suggests Dennys was engaging with the term critically, likely examining the English-based contact language spoken in the Straits Settlements during the late 19th century. The article’s placement in the JSBRAS — a journal devoted to the history, languages, and cultures of the Straits region — indicates it was a linguistic or ethnographic observation rather than a formal grammatical treatise.