Restructuring […] is a process of change due to the language contact which does not affect the overall power of a linguistic system. Mühlhäusler’s distinction [Mühlhäusler, P. 1980 ‘Structural expansion and the process of creolization’, in Valdman, A. – Highfield A. (eds.) 1980. Theoretical Orientations in Creole Studies. New York: Academic Press. pp. 19-55] between restructuring and development is useful because it allows us to recognize that both kinds of changes can take place in both pidgin and creole continua.
- Romaine (1988), a pag.155