multiethnolectal
multiethnolectal adjective: relating to a multiethnolect.
Adjective
multiethnolectal (comparative more multiethnolectal, superlative most multiethnolectal)
- Relating to a multiethnolect.
- For instance, some speakers of Danish ethnic majority background are frequent users of multiethnolectal features, and some speakers with minority ethnic background never use these features as part of their repertoire.2010, Pia Quist, “The Sociolinguistic Study of Youth and Multilingual Practices in Denmark: An Overview”, in Pia Quist, Bente A. Svendsen, editors, Multilingual Urban Scandinavia: New Linguistic...
- In the phrase 'ida(g) vi lovade' (today we promised), typical Scanian intonation would gradually decline across the phrase and include two peaks and troughs. In the multiethnolectal style, declination was often absent. Additionally, three contours occur in the multiethnolectal phrase instead of two...2019, Nathan Joel Young, Rhythm in late-modern Stockholm: Social stratification and stylistic variation in the speech of men, BOOKS on DEMAND, →ISBN, page 102
Forms of multiethnolectal
| comparative | more multiethnolectal |
|---|---|
| superlative | most multiethnolectal |
Origin of multiethnolectal
From multi- + ethnolectal.
Questions about multiethnolectal
- What does multiethnolectal mean?
- Multiethnolectal means relating to a multiethnolect.
- What part of speech is multiethnolectal?
- Multiethnolectal is an adjective.
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