acrolectal
adjEtymology From acrolect + -al.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Of or pertaining to an acrolect, or standard dialect
- I prepared the three Matched Guise samples myself, controlling the forms carefully to represent basilectal, mesolectal, and acrolectal levels of usage1985, Nessa Wolfson, Joan Manes, Language of Inequality, →ISBN, page 158:
- Derived terms
- acrolectally