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relexification hypothesis: a standalone construct

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Language contact

the hypothesis that creoles form when speakers relabel the lexical entries of their substrate languages with forms from the lexifier, keeping substrate grammar.

In language contact, relexification hypothesis refers to the hypothesis that creoles form when speakers relabel the lexical entries of their substrate languages with forms from the lexifier, keeping substrate grammar. This meaning comes from Lefebvre (1999) in Creole Genesis and the Acquisition of Grammar.[1]

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References

Lefebvre, C. (1999). Creole Genesis and the Acquisition of Grammar. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511519826

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