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dialect levelling

dialect levelling noun: the reduction of dialectal diversity within a language due to the propagation of a single prestige variety.

Noun

dialect levelling (usually uncountable, plural dialect levellings)

  1. (usually) the reduction of dialectal diversity within a language due to the propagation of a single prestige variety

Forms of dialect levelling

pluraldialect levellings
alternative formdialect leveling

Questions about dialect levelling

What does dialect levelling mean?
Dialect levelling means the reduction of dialectal diversity within a language due to the propagation of a single prestige variety.
What part of speech is dialect levelling?
Dialect levelling is a noun.
What is the plural of dialect levelling?
The plural of dialect levelling is dialect levellings.

Words near dialect levelling in the dictionary

  1. dialect continua
  2. dialect continuum
  3. dialect continuums
  4. dialect island
  5. dialect islands
  6. dialect levelling
  7. dialectal
  8. dialectalism
  9. dialectalisms
  10. dialectality
  11. dialectally

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