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Definition of acrolect in English: acrolectnoun ˈakrə(ʊ)lɛktˈakrəˌlekt Linguistics The most prestigious dialect or variety of a particular language. 〔语言学〕上层方言（或语言）。与BASILECT 相对 Contrasted with basilect Example sentencesExamples - If the acrolect has become so approximated to the standard, to the point that vowel classes are unmerged, then the reality must be that the unmerged acrolect has been there since the beginning.
- However, most of the previous sociolinguistic studies compare how basilects or vernaculars differ from acrolects, disregarding variation in mesolects.
- In Belize the basilect is what we call ‘broad Kriol’, the acrolect could be called Belizean English.
- The acrolect is often European, reflecting the history of colonization, but this is not always the case.
- Basilects and acrolects require some form, but mesolects require none.
Synonyms regional language, local language, local tongue, local speech, local parlance, variety of language
Derivativesadjective Linguistics They are arranged along a post-creole continuum which has acrolectal (those varieties closest to the superstrate) at one end and basilectal (those varieties furthest from it) at the other. Example sentencesExamples - Another is that a particular basilectal variant for one meaning/function may sometimes be used in combination with the particular acrolectal variant for another meaning/function.
- This study focuses on the loan terms which occur in both this basic form and its acrolectal counterpart.
- Van Herk analyzes informal conversations and recorded interviews with 9 informants, ages 17-80, and finds that Bajans of all classes switch to more acrolectal forms when recorded.
- Even within noun morphology, acrolectal features are in most cases counterbalanced by a wider occurrence of basi-and mesolectal features, especially as for the personal pronoun system.
Origin1960s: from Greek akron 'summit' + -lect as in dialect. Definition of acrolect in US English: acrolectnounˈakrəˌlekt Linguistics The most prestigious dialect or variety of a particular language (used especially in the study of Creoles). 〔语言学〕上层方言（或语言）。与BASILECT 相对 Compare with basilect, mesolect Example sentencesExamples - If the acrolect has become so approximated to the standard, to the point that vowel classes are unmerged, then the reality must be that the unmerged acrolect has been there since the beginning.
- The acrolect is often European, reflecting the history of colonization, but this is not always the case.
- However, most of the previous sociolinguistic studies compare how basilects or vernaculars differ from acrolects, disregarding variation in mesolects.
- Basilects and acrolects require some form, but mesolects require none.
- In Belize the basilect is what we call ‘broad Kriol’, the acrolect could be called Belizean English.
Synonyms regional language, local language, local tongue, local speech, local parlance, variety of language
Origin1960s: from Greek akron ‘summit’ + -lect as in dialect. |