An immigrant community exposed to a simple pidgin interacts intensely with native speakers. Which outcome regarding language shift is most likely?

💡 Explanation

A creole emerges with a more complex and stable grammar from the pidgin because grammaticalization processes occur during language acquisition by children. These children restructure the pidgin, therefore creating a new, stable language, rather than simply adopting the native language or maintaining the pidgin indefinitely.

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