satellect
satellect noun: a creole that exists within a culture where one of the parent languages remains the dominant local language.
Noun
satellect (plural satellects)
- A creole that exists within a culture where one of the parent languages remains the dominant local language.
- There is reason to suspect that since this over-generalization is done by one satellect (i.e., HC), it must be a fundamental phenomenon of all satellects.1971, Working Papers in Linguistics - Volume 3, Parts 3-4, page 24
- In Day (1971), I proposed that in doing so, the creole (or, in the terminology used in that paper, the satellect), could demonstrate the reverse of natural language development. That is, instead of language change through a process of rule simplification, re-ordering, and deletion (cf. King 1969...1972, Richard R. Day, Patterns of variation in copula and tense in the Hawaiian post-creole continuum (Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Hawaii), page 14
- Synonyms:
- acolutholect
Examples of satellect in a sentence
- In Day (1971), I proposed that in doing so, the creole (or, in the terminology used in that paper, the satellect), could demonstrate the reverse of natural language development.1972, Richard R. Day, Patterns of variation in copula and tense in the Hawaiian post-creole continuum (Ph.D. Dissertation, University of...
- 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'.1974, David De Camp, Ian F. Hancock, Pidgins and Creoles: Current Trends and Prospects, →ISBN, page 89:
Synonyms of satellect
Forms of satellect
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Origin of satellect
Blend of satellite + lect.
Questions about satellect
- What does satellect mean?
- Satellect means a creole that exists within a culture where one of the parent languages remains the dominant local language.
- How do you use satellect in a sentence?
- In Day (1971), I proposed that in doing so, the creole (or, in the terminology used in that paper, the satellect), could demonstrate the reverse of natural language development.
- What part of speech is satellect?
- Satellect is a noun.
- What is the plural of satellect?
- The plural of satellect is satellects.
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