Relexification

词汇重组

A term used in sociolinguistics to refer to a theory concerning the origins of, and relationships between, pidgin languages. The relexification hypothesis proposes that the range of English, French, Spanish, etc. Pidgins is derived from the first widely used pidgin language, Portuguese pidgin, in the fifteenth century in West Africa, by a process whereby the grammar of this language was retained but new lexical items were introduced from the other European languages.

社会语言学术语，指一种关于各皮钦语的起源和相互关系的理论。按照词汇重组假说，各种英语、法语、西班牙语等皮钦语都源自15世纪最初在西非广泛使用的一种皮钦语，即葡萄牙皮钦语，后来这种语言的语法保持不变，但吸收了其他欧洲语言的新词项。