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recreolization

recreolization noun: the process of recreolizing.

Noun

recreolization (uncountable)

  1. The process of recreolizing.
    • The recreolization studies focus upon individual cases of recreolization within a broader population of deaf signers.2000, David McNeill, Language and Gesture, →ISBN, page 366
    • There is another possible factor behind the uniformity of verb agreement in all signed languages: recreolization (Fischer 1978; Gee and Kegl 1982; Gee and Goodhart 1988).2002, Richard P. Meier, Kearsy Cormier, Modality and Structure in Signed and Spoken Languages, →ISBN, page 397

Origin of recreolization

From recreolize + -ation.

Questions about recreolization

What does recreolization mean?
Recreolization means the process of recreolizing.
What part of speech is recreolization?
Recreolization is a noun.

Words near recreolization in the dictionary

  1. recrement
  2. recremental
  3. recrementitial
  4. recrementitious
  5. recrements
  6. recreolization
  7. recreolize
  8. recreolized
  9. recreolizes
  10. recreolizing
  11. recreosote

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