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recreolized

recreolized is the simple past and past participle of recreolize.

Meaning of recreolize

Verb

recreolize (third-person singular simple present recreolizes, present participle recreolizing, simple past and past participle recreolized)

  1. To modify a language by introducing additional elements of the matrilect.
    • If one parent remains culturally dominant, however, the creole becomes a satellite ('satellect' or 'acolutholect') to that dominant language, which may be termed the 'matrilect'. In time, the creole normally begins recreolizing with the matrilect by borrowing from it. The different degrees in which...1974, David De Camp, Ian F. Hancock, Pidgins and Creoles: Current Trends and Prospects, →ISBN, page 89

Questions about recreolized

What is recreolized the simple past and past participle of?
Recreolized is the simple past and past participle of recreolize.

Words near recreolized in the dictionary

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

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