| Lemma | continuum |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Bickerton (1981) |
| Titolo | Roots of Language |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | decreolization (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | The result of decreolization is to create a continuum of intermediate varieties between creole and superstrate. If this process is sufficiently long and intense, the continuum may be progressively eroded at its creole end. The result may be a synchronic state in which the most conservative variety is already considerably different from (and considerably closer to the superstrate than) the original creole […]. |