Decreolization

Decreolization (the term was introduced in 1968 ) is an evolutionary process of Creole language development, in which a given language ultimately approaches the primary language (lexiconorm language) and gradually dissolves in it, i.e. the development cycle ends as follows: European (usually ) source language> pidgin > Creole language > source language (also lexifier language). Decreolization is usually due to the powerful spread of modern mass education, the media , and gradual globalization . Moreover, even after the completion of the process, the colony lexicon language itself, in contrast to the metropolis , can detect traces of strong creolization and decreolization in the past (for example, the Portuguese language in Brazil , which turned into a kind of linguistic version precisely because of Creole influences). If decreolization (i.e., merging) does not occur, for example, in the context of geographic removal, extreme isolation, disconnection from the former metropolis, interference of another language, enormous cultural distance, then the Creole language embarks on a path of relatively independent development with the gradual formation of a complete set of functions. So, in fact, the Spanish language in the Philippines fell out of use during the American occupation ( 1898 - 1947 ), and therefore the local Spanish pidgin developed into a relatively independent Creole language, the chavacano . The process of alienation from the source language in the French-Creole language of Haiti is even more noticeable. On the contrary, the Papiamento language ( Aruba and neighboring Antilles) is currently experiencing an intensive process of rapprochement with the Spanish language of neighboring Venezuela even despite the Dutch authorities' attempt to oppose this process (papiamento received official status on the island in 2007 ).