acrolect
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
acro- (“tip; peak”) + -lect, coined by William Alexander Stewart in 1965.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
acrolect (plural acrolects)
- (sociolinguistics) The variety of speech that is considered most suitable for formal occasions (typically using only standard forms).
- 1994, Michael Montgomery, The Crucible of Carolina, University of Georgia Press (→ISBN), page 60:
- In one dimension change is directed toward the acrolect, the “typical” change in the creole continuum.
- 2013, Allan Bell, The Guidebook to Sociolinguistics, John Wiley & Sons (→ISBN), page 83:
- At the other end of the continuum is the most standard speech, the acrolect. In between is a gradient of forms with many successive levels, the mesolects.
- 1994, Michael Montgomery, The Crucible of Carolina, University of Georgia Press (→ISBN), page 60:
Translations[edit]
variety of speech that is considered the standard form
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
post-creole continuum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English acrolect.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
acrolect n (plural acrolecten, diminutive acrolectje n)
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