decreolize

[dee-kree-uh-lahyz]

de·cre·o·lize

[dee-kree-uh-lahyz]
verb (used with object), de·cre·o·lized, de·cre·o·liz·ing. Linguistics.
to modify (a creole language) in the direction of a standard form of the language on which most of the vocabulary of the creole is based.
Also, especially British, de·cre·o·lise.


Origin:
de- + creolize

de·cre·o·li·za·tion, noun
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Decreolize is always a great word to know.
So is morphology. Does it mean:
the patterns of word formation in a particular language, including inflection, derivation, and composition
an area whose dialect has exerted influence on the dialects of surrounding areas, as reflected in an geography more or less concentrically surrounding it
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