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substratism

substratism noun: the theory that creoles take their structure from their substrate languages.

Noun

substratism (uncountable)

  1. The theory that creoles take their structure from their substrate languages.

Origin of substratism

From substrate + -ism.

Questions about substratism

What does substratism mean?
Substratism means the theory that creoles take their structure from their substrate languages.
What part of speech is substratism?
Substratism is a noun.

Words near substratism in the dictionary

  1. substrates
  2. substratification
  3. substratifications
  4. substratified
  5. substrating
  6. substratism
  7. substratist
  8. substratists
  9. substratomaniac
  10. substratomaniacs
  11. substratophile

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