Meanings
adjectiveacrolectal (not comparable)
- not comparablehuman sciencesOf or pertaining to an acrolect, or standard dialect
I prepared the three Matched Guise samples myself, controlling the forms carefully to represent basilectal, mesolectal, and acrolectal levels of usage
1985, Nessa Wolfson, Joan Manes, Language of Inequality, →ISBN, page 158Synonyms: acrolectic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf or pertaining to an acrolect, or standard dialect
Similar
acrolectic
Origin
Translations
Portuguese acroletal
- acroletalpertaining to an acrolect
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