Meaning of decreolization | Babel Free

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The process of decreolizing.

uncountable, usually

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“At some point⟳ in the decreolization process⟳, however, xenolectal structures become⟳ masked by surface-structure mimicry of the matrilect, so that the apparent degree of xenolecticity of the evolving mimolect drops below the real level, as represented by the crossover of A-B and C-D.”

“In the process⟳, as substantial numbers of black speakers underwent decreolization, their decreolized speech, although technically a mimolect, would have⟳ much of the surface form⟳ and therefore social status of a true matrilect, and would itself then serve⟳ as an additional model⟳ for those speakers further behind in the decreolization process⟳.”

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