Lexifier
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈlɛk.sɪ.faɪ.ɚ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lexifier is a noun meaning (linguistics, lexicography) The language of a pidgin or creole that serves as the basis for most of its vocabulary.
Meaning
(linguistics, lexicography) The language of a pidgin or creole that serves as the basis for most of its vocabulary.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- lexifiers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lexicon, pidginization, protolexicon, glossopoeia, epilanguage, lexophile.
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