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What is the noun for basilectalizing?

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basilect
  1. (linguistics) A variety of a language that has diverged greatly from the standard form, and is only considered suitable for very informal contexts by speakers; opposed to acrolect and mesolect.
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    1. “At this time the great majority of people in the community were speakers primarily of this basilect.”
      “The mesolect represents the numerous confused variations which basilect speakers produce when trying to produce the acrolect.”
      “Sociolinguists have created such terms as acrolect, mesolect, and basilect from the root element of dialect.”
basilectalization
  1. (linguistics) The process of basilectalizing, becoming a basilect.
basilects
  1. plural of basilect
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    1. “Includes standard dialects, nonstandard dialects, idiolects, acrolects, basilects, mesolects.”
      “However, most of the previous sociolinguistic studies compare how basilects or vernaculars differ from acrolects, disregarding variation in mesolects.”
      “However, the name Creole Formation was selected because we seek to combine the best of music's acrolects, mesolects, and basilects to form a new, interesting mix of music.”
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