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- adjective linguistics Of or pertaining to an
acrolect , or standard dialect
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Examples
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Jamaican English on a continuum, with the basilectal creole varieties at one end and an 'acrolectal' variety, which is near-indistinguishable from English as spoken elsewhere, at the other end.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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'acrolectal' variety, which is near-indistinguishable from English as spoken elsewhere, at the other end.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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However, many varieties of Jamaican creole include words and structures more similar to English ( 'mesolectal' varieties), and these merge with standard [[Jamaican English]] on a continuum, with the basilectal creole varieties at one end and an 'acrolectal' variety, which is near-indistinguishable from English as spoken elsewhere, at the other end.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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