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What is the noun for creology?

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creolization
  1. (linguistics) the process of a pidgin rapidly expanding its vocabulary and grammatical rules, ultimately becoming a creole.
  2. (Trinidad and Tobago) of Indo-Trinidadians, the process of assimilation into the dominant Creole culture.
  3. Examples:
    1. “In sociolinguistic terms, Tok Pisin is an expanded pidgin currently undergoing creolization.”
      “There are two problems with this 'language bioprogram hypothesis,' as it is known in the creolization literature.”
      “If we take the idea that the world is in the process of creolization then we are not dealing with issues of hybridity but with issues of contact between culture.”
creole
  1. (linguistics) A lect formed from two or more languages which has developed from a pidgin to become a first language.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A creole is a nativized pidgin, expanded in form and function to meet the communicative needs of a community of native speakers.”
      “The creole cooks have made famous such dishes as chicken gumbo, chicken la creole, and pompano.”
      “He is a creole of this country, and is ordained as reader on the epistle side.”
creoloid
  1. (linguistics) A language that resembles a creole but did not go through the pidgin stage.
creolist
  1. A linguist who studies creole languages.
creolisation
  1. Alternative form of creolization
  2. Examples:
    1. “Despite the pervasive nature of creolisation on Barbados, it is a mistake to conclude that West African cultural patterns were stripped from the black population.”
      “The creolisation of Yiddish with Scots was therefore a phenomenon of the middle part of this period.”
      “Whereas the effects of hybridisation could be forecast, creolisation is unpredictable.”
creoleness
  1. Alternative spelling of Creoleness
creolity
  1. Alternative spelling of Creolity
creology
creolistics
  1. (linguistics) The study of creole languages.
  2. Synonyms:
creolizations
  1. plural of creolization
creolisations
  1. plural of creolisation
creoloids
  1. plural of creoloid
creolists
  1. plural of creolist
creoles
  1. plural of creole
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “In pidgins and creoles these metaphorical uses are an important means of extending a restricted vocabulary with limited syntactic means.”
      “Find an explanation of all the creoles terms and expressions used in our recipes.”
      “Many of its people speak Krio, which is closely related to English-based Caribbean creoles.”
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