Relexification vs Relexifier - What's the difference?
relexification | relexifier | Related terms |
(linguistics) The mechanism of language change by which one language replaces much or all of its lexicon with that of another language.
(linguistics) One who relexifies.
* Lefebvre, Claire,
Relexifier is a related term of relexification.
In linguistics terms the difference between relexification and relexifier
is that relexification is the mechanism of language change by which one language replaces much or all of its lexicon with that of another language while relexifier is one who relexifies.relexification
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(wikipedia relexification)Noun
(en noun)relexifier
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Noun
(en noun)The tense, mood and aspect system of Haitian Creole and the problem of transmission of grammar in creole genesis, Université du Québec à Montréal, p. 69
- The relexifiers thus relabelled the lexical entry copied from kò'' as ''te'', a reduced form of ''été''. This derivation accounts straightforwardly for the fact that the properties of ''te'' in the Haitian lexicon parallel those of ''kò in the Fongbe lexicon.