| Lemma | decreolization |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Bickerton (1981) |
| Titolo | Roots of Language |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | continuum (inglese) internal change (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | […] in addition to internal change there is the contact-stimulated type of change known as decreolization. This can affect any creole which has remained in contact with its superstrate, as most have. The result of decreolization is to create a continuum of intermediate varieties between creole and superstrate. […] decreolization proceeds by acquiring new forms first and new functions later. Newly acquired morphemes are at first assigned meanings and functions that already exist in the speaker’s grammar; in other words, these morphemes have to be stripped of the meanings and functions which they had in the superstrate before they can be incorporated into the existing creole grammar. Only later, as that grammar itself changes, do they require all or part of their original superstrate meanings and functions. |