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semidialectal

semidialectal adjective: having a mixture of dialectal and standard words or grammar.

Adjective

semidialectal (not comparable)

  1. Having a mixture of dialectal and standard words or grammar
    • It does not suffice to collect a few semiliterate, semidialectal speakers to construct a descriptive grammar of a big language of modern civilization. If we try, we may emerge with a descriptive grammar of a few idiolects or dialects […]1965, Mario Pei, Invitation to Linguistics, page 233

Forms of semidialectal

alternative formsemi-dialectal

Origin of semidialectal

From semi- + dialectal.

Questions about semidialectal

What does semidialectal mean?
Semidialectal means having a mixture of dialectal and standard words or grammar.
What part of speech is semidialectal?
Semidialectal is an adjective.

Words near semidialectal in the dictionary

  1. semideterministic
  2. semideveloped
  3. Semidey
  4. Semideys
  5. semidiagrammatic
  6. semidialectal
  7. semidiameter
  8. semidiameters
  9. semidiapason
  10. semidiapasons
  11. semidiapente

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