Relexification is a term in linguistics used in pidgin, creole and mixed language studies for the mechanism by which one language replaces its lexicon with that from another language at a relatively high rate. For example, the high rate of French-origin words in English is the result of a relexification process. New language formation Relexification is a form of language interference in which a pidgin, a creole or a mixed language takes the great majority of its lexicon from a superstrate or ta… (More on Relexification)