acrolectal
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]acrolectal (not comparable)
- (linguistics) Of or pertaining to an acrolect, or standard dialect
- 1985, Nessa Wolfson, Joan Manes, Language of Inequality, →ISBN, page 158:
- I prepared the three Matched Guise samples myself, controlling the forms carefully to represent basilectal, mesolectal, and acrolectal levels of usage
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]pertaining to an acrolect
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Portuguese
[edit]Adjective
[edit]acrolectal m or f (plural acrolectais)
- Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of acroletal. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.