recreolization en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Portuguese crioulobor. Spanish criollo French créolebor. English Creole English creole Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English creolize English recreolize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English recreolization From recreolize + -ation.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The 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: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: