A language community in contact rapidly develops a creole, subsequently experiencing decreased social isolation. Which mechanism explains why the creole's substrate influence lessens over generations?

💡 Explanation

Grammatical regularization leads to simplification and standardization of creole grammar, thus diminishing substrate influences because the pressure to conform increases; therefore, grammatical regularization minimizes substrate relics, rather than code-switching or superstrate attrition which have differing effects.

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