Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The variety of speech that is closest to a standard prestige language, especially in an area in which a creole is spoken. For example, Standard Jamaican English is the acrolect where Jamaican Creole is spoken.
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- noun linguistics The
variety ofspeech that is considered thestandard form.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[acro– + (dia)lect.]
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From acro- + lect.
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sionnach commented on the word acrolect
The variety of speech that is closest to a standard prestige language, especially in an area in which a creole is spoken. For example, Standard Jamaican English is the acrolect where Jamaican Creole is spoken.
January 10, 2008