| Basilectal creole, decreolization, and autonomous language change in St Kitts-Nevis. |
| Repertoire extension adds another dimension to decreolization because it is more than simple replacement. |
| Creolization and decreolization can be coexistent, as they are for instance in Papua New Guinea. |
| If truly complete decreolization in fact occurred, then mergers would have to be reversed, so that the decreolized dialect is just like the standard. |
| In complete decreolization, the dialect gradually disappears, and the population eventually comes to speak the standard language. |
| The post-creole continuum and decreolization are well-established and well-documented phenomena in creole linguistics. |
