[…] a pidgin may change its lexical affiliation at different stages of its development. This is referred to as 'relexification' […]. - Romaine (1988), a pag.18 Although relexification appears to be of minimal relevance to the formative stages of a creole, it often occurs in the later stages of development […]. - Romaine (1988), a pag.91 It is clear that relexification is a powerful individual force in pidginization and in the creation of new languages. - Romaine (1988), a pag.91
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