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relexified | relexifier |

As a verb relexified

is (relexify).

As a noun relexifier is

(linguistics) one who relexifies.

relexified

English

Verb

(head)
  • (relexify)

    • relexify

    English

    Verb

  • (linguistics) Replace a language's lexicon with another's.

    • Related terms

    * lexicon * relexification * relexifier

    relexifier

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics) One who relexifies.
  • * Lefebvre, Claire, 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.

    Related terms

    * relexification * relexify