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basilectal

basilectal adjective: of, or relating to a basilect.

Adjective

basilectal (not comparable)

  1. of, or relating to a basilect
    • 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 158
    • It is tremendously important to study basilectal speech, but this valorization process has had some unfortunate byproducts.1996, James E. Alatis, Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics, →ISBN

Origin of basilectal

From basilect + -al.

Words formed from basilectal

Questions about basilectal

What does basilectal mean?
Basilectal means of, or relating to a basilect.
What part of speech is basilectal?
Basilectal is an adjective.

Words near basilectal in the dictionary

  1. basilateral
  2. Basildon
  3. basilean
  4. basileans
  5. basilect
  6. basilectal
  7. basilectalization
  8. basilectalize
  9. basilectalized
  10. basilectalizes
  11. basilectalizing

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