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recreolizing

recreolizing is the present participle and gerund 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 recreolizing

What is recreolizing the present participle and gerund of?
Recreolizing is the present participle and gerund of recreolize.

Words near recreolizing in the dictionary

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

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