recreolize

English

Etymology

re- +‎ creolize

Verb

recreolize (third-person singular simple present recreolizes, present participle recreolizing, simple past and past participle recreolized)

1. (linguistics) To modify a language by introducing additional elements of the matrilect.
   • 1974, David De Camp, Ian F. Hancock, Pidgins and Creoles: Current Trends and Prospects, →ISBN, page 89:

     If one parent remains culturally dominant, however, the creole becomes a satellite ('satellect' or 'acolutholect') to that dominant language, which may be termed the 'matrilect'. In time, the creole normally begins recreolizing with the matrilect by borrowing from it. The different degrees in which the matrilect has been mixed into the creole constitute a 'gradatum' of overlapping systems in which the farthest from the matrilect at any moment is termed the 'basilect' by William Stewart.