creolization

Noun

Meaning

(linguistics) the process of a pidgin rapidly expanding its vocabulary and grammatical rules, ultimately becoming a creole.

(Trinidad and Tobago) of Indo-Trinidadians, the process of assimilation into the dominant Creole culture.

Examples

Roseau's French Quarter The churches in Roseau are fine examples of Europe in Dominica with a bit of creolization. Source: Internet

In the creolization process, the slaves developed a Louisiana Creole dialect incorporating both French and African forms, which colonists adopted to communicate with them, and which persisted beyond slavery. Source: Internet

Smith, Geoff P. Growing Up with Tok Pisin: Contact, creolization, and change in Papua New Guinea's national language. Source: Internet

Some versions of the hypothesis actually propose multiple creolization events, with later ones reinforcing and broadening simplifications introduced by earlier ones. Source: Internet

Thus the simplification of noun declension from Old English to Middle English may have had causes unrelated to creolization, although creolization may have caused the grammatical changes to occur more rapidly. Source: Internet

Where they are passed on, creolization would be expected to occur, resulting in a full language. Source: Internet

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