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decreolization: a standalone construct

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Language contact

the gradual movement of a creole toward its lexifier language under continued contact, producing intermediate varieties along a continuum.

In language contact, decreolization refers to the gradual movement of a creole toward its lexifier language under continued contact, producing intermediate varieties along a continuum. This meaning comes from Bickerton (1975) in Dynamics of a creole system.[1]

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contact2 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs dynamics3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs movement2 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs

References

Bickerton, D. (1975). Dynamics of a creole system. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521110150

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