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词汇 idiolect
释义

Definition of idiolect in English:

idiolect

noun ˈɪdɪəlɛktˈɪdiəˌlɛkt
  • The speech habits peculiar to a particular person.

    个人习语,个人语型

    in his strange idiolect, he preferred to call angels ‘angelicals’
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Secondly, and connectedly, it is an attempt at absolute relinquishment of the vantage of a particular sector, class, dialect, jargon, idiolect or diction.
    • So either these preposterous imitations of English have been produced by infiltrators from some parallel universe, or this is one of those little corners of the language where idiolects differ.
    • Thus, while idiolects (or the speech of individuals) considered in isolation might seem random, the speech community as a whole behaved regularly.
    • Our register and our idiom intersect to form our idiolects - the various dialects, if you like, that we can all speak.
    • We can all be categorised into a speech community by way of language, professional idiolect, local or acquired dialect, accent or habitual usage.
    Synonyms
    wording, diction, phrasing, phraseology, style, vocabulary, terminology, expressions, turns of phrase, parlance, manner of speaking, manner of writing, way of talking, form of expression, mode of expression, usages, locutions, choice of words, rhetoric, oratory

Origin

1940s: from idio- 'own, personal' + -lect as in dialect.

Definition of idiolect in US English:

idiolect

nounˈidēəˌlektˈɪdiəˌlɛkt
  • The speech habits peculiar to a particular person.

    个人习语,个人语型

    in his strange idiolect, he preferred to call angels “angelicals“
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Our register and our idiom intersect to form our idiolects - the various dialects, if you like, that we can all speak.
    • Thus, while idiolects (or the speech of individuals) considered in isolation might seem random, the speech community as a whole behaved regularly.
    • So either these preposterous imitations of English have been produced by infiltrators from some parallel universe, or this is one of those little corners of the language where idiolects differ.
    • Secondly, and connectedly, it is an attempt at absolute relinquishment of the vantage of a particular sector, class, dialect, jargon, idiolect or diction.
    • We can all be categorised into a speech community by way of language, professional idiolect, local or acquired dialect, accent or habitual usage.
    Synonyms
    wording, diction, phrasing, phraseology, style, vocabulary, terminology, expressions, turns of phrase, parlance, manner of speaking, manner of writing, way of talking, form of expression, mode of expression, usages, locutions, choice of words, rhetoric, oratory

Origin

1940s: from idio- ‘own, personal’ + -lect as in dialect.

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