释义 |
nativize, v. Linguistics.|ˈneɪtɪvaɪz| [f. native a. + -ize.] trans. To render native; spec. a. To adapt (a loan word) to the phonetic structure of the native language. b. To develop (a pidgin language) into a creole used as a first language. Hence ˈnativized ppl. a., ˌnativiˈzation.
1933L. Bloomfield Lang. xxv. 454 From the completely nativized [ˈšowfr̩] chauffeur, we have the back⁓formation to chauffe [šowf]. 1940Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. LXXXII. 15 ‘Scandalous examples of Great Russian chauvinism’ have often interfered with what is called the nativization of the Soviet apparatus. 1970Language XLVI. 66 A Nupe speaker will consistently ‘nativize’ [Cɔ] as [Cwa] and [Cɛ] as [Cya]. Ibid., The position supported by this evidence is that the nativization of foreign sounds is a valid indicator of what rules have been internalized. 1971I. F. Hancock in J. Spencer Eng. Lang. W. Afr. 113 When a pidgin supplants a ‘full’ language, changes must occur... Therefore in becoming nativised and thereby creolised, it expands its vocabulary, produces more explicit grammatical constructions and becomes more fixed in pronunciation. |