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In Germany, the term is applied to the simplified German of so-called ‘guest workers’. These were migrant workers mainly from the Mediterranean countries. There is disagreement among scholars (and as indicated by the previous discussion) as to whether GAD should really be termed a pidgin. These doubts arise partly from the questionable stability of GAD. [...]
Do you think that Gastarbeiterdeutsch is a pidgin? If yes, how would you justify your claim in terms of the socio-cultural background of its formation as well as its structural features?
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