recreolization

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noun

The process of recreolizing.

OriginEnglish recreolize ← French créole ← Spanish criollo →
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Meanings

nounrecreolization (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe process of recreolizing.

    The recreolization studies focus upon individual cases of recreolization within a broader population of deaf signers.

    2000, David McNeill, Language and Gesture, →ISBN, page 366
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    There is another possible factor behind the uniformity of verb agreement in all signed languages: recreolization (Fischer 1978; Gee and Kegl 1982; Gee and Goodhart 1988).

    2002, Richard P. Meier, Kearsy Cormier, Modality and Structure in Signed and Spoken Languages, →ISBN, page 397

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Portuguesecrioulo
  7. Spanishcriollo
  8. Frenchcréole
  9. EnglishCreole
  10. Englishcreole
  11. Englishcreolize
  12. Englishrecreolize
  13. Englishrecreolization

From recreolize + -ation.

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APA

recreolization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recreolization

MLA

“recreolization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recreolization. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recreolization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recreolization.

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