idiolect

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"The notion of 'idiolect' therefore, must be as preoccupied with derivation and idiosynchratic patterns of influence as it is with individuality."

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  1. noun The speech of an individual, considered as a linguistic pattern unique among speakers of his or her language or dialect.

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  • However — perhaps this is just my own personal idiolect, but I'm somewhat surprised to find that almost no definition of solid mentions that it's necessarily a substantial favor.You could say, "Would you do me a favor and pass the mustard," but you would never call that a solid.
  • "The notion of 'idiolect' therefore, must be as preoccupied with derivation and idiosynchratic patterns of influence as it is with individuality." —  Word Magazine - Comments
  • I think someone should start a stub on idiolect, I've been thinking of documenting my own on a supplementary user page ... —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • Having interviewed many elderly witnesses, as well as having elderly friends and family, the idiolect seemed incongruous with such a person. —  THE UFO CHRONICLES
  • He cloaked this ferocious intelligence of his, these hyperactive neurons, in a stoner / frat-boy idiolect w / contractions thus and Meaningful Capitalisations and screeds of involuted footnotes and an irresistible attraction to the goofy gag. —  Telegraph Blogs
 

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