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doculect

UK/ˈdɒkjʊlɛkt/US/ˈdɑkjulɛkt/

doculect noun: the lect (language variety) of a particular document.

Noun

doculect (plural doculects)

  1. The lect (language variety) of a particular document.
    • This is not the whole explanation why these Mayan doculects have an exceptionally high token frequency, but it explains part of the deviation.2012, Andrea Ender, Adrian Leemann, Bernhard Wälchli, Methods in Contemporary Linguistics, →ISBN, page 78
    • However, for the present study these texts are considered to be specific doculects, which might, or might not, be the 'same' language as described in other resources (e.g. grammars or spontaneous text collections).2014, Silvia Luraghi, Heiko Narrog, Perspectives on Semantic Roles, →ISBN, page 26

Forms of doculect

pluraldoculects

Origin of doculect

Blend of document + -lect, coined by American linguist Jeff Good in 2006.

Questions about doculect

What does doculect mean?
Doculect means the lect (language variety) of a particular document.
What part of speech is doculect?
Doculect is a noun.
How do you pronounce doculect?
Doculect is pronounced /ˈdɒkjʊlɛkt/ (UK).
What is the plural of doculect?
The plural of doculect is doculects.

Words near doculect in the dictionary

  1. docufiction
  2. docufictional
  3. docufictions
  4. docufilm
  5. docufilms
  6. doculect
  7. doculects
  8. documedia
  9. documemoir
  10. documemoirs
  11. document

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