pidginizationn.
/ˌpɪdʒᵻnʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, /ˌpɪdʒn̩ʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌpɪdʒᵻnəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˈˌpɪdʒᵻˌnaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ Linguistics.
The fact or process of producing a simplified or hybrid language; (concrete) a pidginized language.
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the mind > language > a language > [noun] > creole or mixed language > process of developing
creolization1926
pidginization1934
nativization1938
1934 R. C. Priebsch & W. E. Collinson German Lang. i. ii. 35 This ‘pidginization’ [in Afrikaans] is thought to be due to sudden contact with a Creolized language, in this case a blend called Malayo-Portuguese.
1956 J. Lotz in S. Saporta & J. R. Bastian Psycholinguistics (1961) 14/1 Various attempts at an international language like Esperanto or Basic English either end up as incomplete replicas of natural languages or as primitive pidginizations.
1993 Eng. Today Apr. 18/2 This restricted code is a pidginisation of the language.
2004 D. T. Tryon & J.-M. Charpentier Pacific Pidgins & Creoles iii. 52 In pidginisation, the importance of the nature of the target language cannot be played down.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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