Meanings
adjectivesemidialectal (not comparable)
alternative semi-dialectal
- not comparableHaving a mixture of dialectal and standard words or grammar
It does not suffice to collect a few semiliterate, semidialectal speakers to construct a descriptive grammar of a big language of modern civilization. If we try, we may emerge with a descriptive grammar of a few idiolects or dialects […]
1965, Mario Pei, Invitation to Linguistics, page 233
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