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relexify — relexification, n. /ree lek seuh fuy /, v.t., relexified, relexifying. Ling. to replace the vocabulary of (a language, esp. a pidgin) with words drawn from another language, without changing the grammatical structure. [1960 65; RE + LEXI(CON) +… … Universalium
relexify — relexification, n. /ree lek seuh fuy /, v.t., relexified, relexifying. Ling. to replace the vocabulary of (a language, esp. a pidgin) with words drawn from another language, without changing the grammatical structure. [1960 65; RE + LEXI(CON) +… … Useful english dictionary
relexification — noun /ɹiˌlɛksəfəˈkeɪʃn̩/ The mechanism of language change by which one language replaces much or all of its lexicon with that of another language. See Also: lexicon, relexify … Wiktionary
relexifier — noun /ɹiˈlɛk.səˌfaɪ.ɚ/ One who relexifies. 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… … Wiktionary
