Relexification

Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> Eric Christopherson wrote:
> > What is a relex again?
>
> A simple one-to-one correspondence, like "fleb=man", and using these
> words in exactly the same way as English (or whatever language is being
> relexified).
Just so.  The term "relexification", BTW, is a technical one, for
a process in the history of many creoles whereby words derived from
one language were replaced by words derived from another
language.

--
John Cowan      http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
        You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
        You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
                Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)