【正确答案】A Pidgin is a variety of a language (e.g. English) which began as a kind of "contact" language and developed for some practical purpose, such as trading, among groups of people who had a lot of contact, but who did not know each other's languages. As such, it would have no native speakers. The origin of the term "Pidgin" is thought to be from Chinese Pidgin version of the English word "business". The origin of many words in Pidgins can be phrases from other languages, such as one word used for "lift" which is haisimap (from "hoist him up" ).
When a Pidgin develops beyond its role as a trade language and becomes the first language of a social community, it is described as a Creole. Tok Pisin, for example, would more accurately be described as a Creole.

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查洋泾浜和克里奥尔语的定义，考生也应了解其他语言变体的概念。