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/ˈlɛk.sɪ.faɪ.ɚ/ · noun
(linguistics, lexicography) The language of a pidgin or creole that serves as the basis for most of its vocabulary..
A great deal of linguistic evidence reveals that creole creators transformed the lexifier in a fashion unexplainable as just hybridization, but well known from studies of pidginization and second-language acquisition.
Use lexifier when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Lexifier means (linguistics, lexicography) The language of a pidgin or creole that serves as the basis for most of its vocabulary..
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A great deal of linguistic evidence reveals that creole creators transformed the lexifier in a fashion unexplainable as just hybridization, but well known from studies of pidginization and second-language acquisition.
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