relexifier
English
Etymology
relexify + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹiˈlɛk.səˌfaɪ.ɚ/
Noun
relexifier (plural relexifiers)
- (linguistics) One who relexifies.
- Lefebvre, Claire, The tense, mood and aspect system of Haitian Creole and the problem of transmission of grammar in creole genesis, Université du Québec à Montréal, p. 69
- 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 parallel those of kò in the Fongbe lexicon.
- Lefebvre, Claire, The tense, mood and aspect system of Haitian Creole and the problem of transmission of grammar in creole genesis, Université du Québec à Montréal, p. 69
Related terms
- relexification
- relexify