Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The speech of an individual, considered as a linguistic pattern unique among speakers of his or her language or dialect.
Wiktionary
- n. The language variant used by a specific individual.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. the language or speech of one individual at a particular period in life.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the language or speech of one individual at a particular period in life
Etymologies
- idio- + (dia)lect.
Examples
“Experts have tried putting a figure on it, and there have been various groupings going from six to 16, but you can carry on sub-dividing that down until you get to what serious students of this subject refer to as the idiolect.”
“idiolect" -- the vehicle of thought unique to each person, the basic layer.”
“The notion of 'idiolect' therefore, must be as preoccupied with derivation and idiosynchratic patterns of influence as it is with individuality.”
“When I was talking about sentential hopefully, I said that hopefully meaning “in a hopeful manner” had pretty much fallen out of my idiolect.”
“And @idiolect - anxiety can definitely be a clinical problem but as I read it here, I think there is a correlation to weight.”
Ask Professor Foxy: Does My Size and Not Flirting Keep Me Alone? - Feministing
“May 9, 2009 4: 08 PM asseenontv replied to idiolect”
Ask Professor Foxy: Does My Size and Not Flirting Keep Me Alone? - Feministing
“May 9, 2009 3: 40 PM idiolect replied to asseenontv”
Ask Professor Foxy: Does My Size and Not Flirting Keep Me Alone? - Feministing
“May 9, 2009 12: 11 PM dormouse replied to idiolect”
Ask Professor Foxy: Does My Size and Not Flirting Keep Me Alone? - Feministing
“May 9, 2009 1: 10 PM asseenontv replied to idiolect”
Ask Professor Foxy: Does My Size and Not Flirting Keep Me Alone? - Feministing
“In my idiolect, “despite” and “in spite of” are always interchangeable when the intent is to indicate that what follows is in seeming contradiction to what might be expected.”
Despite and in spite of: a grammatical detective story « Motivated Grammar
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘idiolect’.
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Interpreters' Speak
team sheet, pivot language, team leader, mini-plenary, plenary week, mission order, AIC colleague, SCIC, mission, mike, adding a new lang..., language booth and 497 more...
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#faveword
Words chosen as favorites for the Twitter hashtag #faveword.
autumnal, grotto, chiaroscuro, sfumato, homunculus, zing, zest, effervescent, bewitch, avuncular, susurrus, Styrofoam and 205 more...
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cicatrix
scar tissue
minatory, naira, Cluniac, embracive, prolix, hierophant, timorous, adduce, veracious, dysphoric, sang-froid, vitiate and 414 more...
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Basic Linguistics Terms
Words taught in an undergraduate linguistics class
jargon, slang, idiom, dialect, idiolect, in-group slang, linguistics, paradigmatic, syntagmatic, sign, Ferdinand de Saus..., markedness
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Neologistics
Basically this is a "words about words" list with a focus on neologism generation in all its various forms.
wordplay, paronomasia, madeupical, logodaedaly, onomatopoeic, verbification, nominalization, recontextualization, spoonerism, typo recycling, sloganeer, wordsmith and 59 more...
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idio-
distinct; private; personal
idiotype, idiopathic, idiolect, idiosyncrasy, idiosyncratic, idiot
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Short and Cho Chweet
short, sweet, and fascinating
surusuru, conscion, bourbaki, idiolect, crambo, kalewife, aperçu
srkrause Maybe it's how we got "W"! Mar 1, 2008
fbharjo ideolect wordie is idiolect to the nth degree Dec 29, 2006