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acrolectal

acrolectal adjective: of or pertaining to an acrolect, or standard dialect.

Adjective

acrolectal (not comparable)

  1. Of 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 usage1985, Nessa Wolfson, Joan Manes, Language of Inequality, →ISBN, page 158

Origin of acrolectal

From acrolect + -al.

Words formed from acrolectal

Questions about acrolectal

What does acrolectal mean?
Acrolectal means of or pertaining to an acrolect, or standard dialect.
What part of speech is acrolectal?
Acrolectal is an adjective.

Words near acrolectal in the dictionary

  1. acrokeratotic
  2. acrokinesia
  3. acrokinesis
  4. acrokinetic
  5. acrolect
  6. acrolectal
  7. acrolectalise
  8. acrolectalised
  9. acrolectalises
  10. acrolectalising
  11. acrolectally

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