What does xenolectal mean?
Xenolectal means (linguistics) Of, or relating to a xenolect..
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(linguistics) Of, or relating to a xenolect..
At some point in the decreolization process, however, xenolectal structures become masked by surface-structure mimicry of the matrilect, so that the apparent degree of xenolecticity of the evolving mimolect drops below the real level, as represented by the crossover of A-B and C-D.
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Xenolectal means (linguistics) Of, or relating to a xenolect..
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At some point in the decreolization process, however, xenolectal structures become masked by surface-structure mimicry of the matrilect, so that the apparent degree of xenolecticity of the evolving mimolect drops below the real level, as represented by the crossover of A-B and C-D.
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