Definition of creolize in English:
creolize
(British creolise)
verb ˈkriːə(ʊ)lʌɪzˈkrɪɒlʌɪzˈkrēəˌlīz
[with object]Form (a Creole language) from the contact of a European language with a local language.
(通过某种欧洲语言与某种当地语言的联系)使克里奥尔语(或混合语)化,使成为克里奥尔语(或混合语)
children born into pidgin-speaking communities began to creolize their linguistic inheritance
Example sentencesExamples
- This is a highly creolized archive - a patrimony that resists any simple fixing of national identity.
- The creolised form of the language that evolved was given the name Tetum Praca; praca is Portuguese for marketplace.
- This Christian orientation, however, is a creolized one that changes as we move up the class hierarchy.
- No doubt, this new humanitarianism also reflected the fact that the missionaries now preached to an increasingly creolized population.
- What evolved was a partially creolised form of Dutch which became the mother tongue not only of the Cape Dutch minority, but also of the non-white majority of the population.