NOUN
- the language of a later invading people that is imposed on an indigenous population and contributes features to their language
- any stratum or layer superimposed on another
How To Use superstrate In A Sentence
- This may or may not be tied into debate about the genesis of pidgins, with one school of thought claiming there was a single source (monogenesis) and one arguing that pidgins arose separately (polygenesis) (a second battle is over substrate, superstrate, or bio-program, a glossary to figure out the terminology is here) Languagehat.com: ANYONE FOR SALISHAN?
- This may or may not be tied into debate about the genesis of pidgins, with one school of thought claiming there was a single source (monogenesis) and one arguing that pidgins arose separately (polygenesis) (a second battle is over substrate, superstrate, or bio-program, a glossary to figure out the terminology is here) Languagehat.com: ANYONE FOR SALISHAN?
