koinëisation

Alternative forms

 * koinëisation, koinëization
 * koinéisation, koinéization
 * koineisation, koineization
 * koinêisation, koinêization

Noun

 * 1)  The process whereby a lect develops into a koine, or an instance of this.
 * 2) * 1994?, Yves-Charles Morin, “The Origin and Development of the Pronunciation of French in Québec” in The Origins and Development of Emigrant Languages: Proceedings from the Second Colloquium,, November 1994, eds. Hans Frede Nielsen and Lene Schøsler, Odense University Press (1996), ISBN 9788778382269, page 266, endnote 4:
 * This is a reasonable interpretation of Hull (1968, 1974). This author later made it clear that the koinêization process may have continued during the early period of colonization (Hull 1994).
 * 1) * 1998, Donald N. Tuten, Koineization in Medieval Spanish,, page 340:
 * What one sees here is the cumulative effect of repeated koineizations.
 * 1) * 2011, Richard J. Watts, Language Myths and the History of English, Oxford Scholarship Online, ISBN 9780195327601, chapter 4: “The construction of a modern myth: Middle English as a creole”, chapter abstract:
 * The central argument is that the language contact situations in which early forms of English were involved represent koinëisation and new dialect (or variety) formation rather than creole formation.
 * The central argument is that the language contact situations in which early forms of English were involved represent koinëisation and new dialect (or variety) formation rather than creole formation.

Translations

 * French: koïnèisation