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colonial lag

colonial lag noun: the retention of certain lexical items in a colonial variety of a language which have fallen into disuse in the original language.

Noun

colonial lag (uncountable)

  1. The retention of certain lexical items in a colonial variety of a language which have fallen into disuse in the original language.

Questions about colonial lag

What does colonial lag mean?
Colonial lag means the retention of certain lexical items in a colonial variety of a language which have fallen into disuse in the original language.
What part of speech is colonial lag?
Colonial lag is a noun.

Words near colonial lag in the dictionary

  1. colonial blue
  2. colonial blues
  3. colonial empire
  4. colonial empires
  5. colonial goose
  6. colonial lag
  7. Colonial Revival
  8. Colonial Revivals
  9. colonial salmon
  10. colonialisation
  11. colonialisations

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