bidialectaladj.
/ˌbʌɪdʌɪəˈlɛktəl/ Linguistics.
Of a person: having command of two regional or social dialects of a language, one of which is commonly the standard language; of a speech community or language teaching: in which two varieties of a language are used for different functions.
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the mind > language > a language > dialect > [adjective] > having more than one dialect
bidialectal1954
panlectal1972
polylectal1972
the mind > language > a language > dialect > [adjective] > having more than one dialect > (of a person) having one or many dialects
bidialectal1954
multidialectal1964
monodialectal1969
bidialectalist1973
1954 Word 10 390 A ‘diasystem’ is experienced in a very real way by bilingual (including ‘bidialectal’) speakers and corresponds to what students of language contact have called ‘merged system’.
1969 Language 45 603 Bidialectism in this sense has never been observed by the present writer, even in children cited..as prototypic examples of bidialectal speakers.
1971 C. M. Kernan Lang. Behavior in Black Urban Community 7 In a linguistic community which is bilingual or bidialectal..the code..is likely to be highly salient to.. members of the community.
1976 Scotsman 20 Nov. 8/6 Sociolinguists..have been advocating a ‘bidialectal’ approach for the teaching of standard English to non-standard speaking pupils.
1985 Eng. World-wide 6 131 Until about thirty years ago Norfolk Islanders with few exceptions were bidialectal.
1985 Eng. World-wide 6 143 Islanders live in a bidialectal society.
Derivatives
ˌbidiaˈlectalism n. the state of being bidialectal; also, advocacy of bidialectal education.
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1968 Zeitschr. f. Mundartforschung Beihefte IV. 549 Such a situation we might call one of functional bidialectalism, analogous to the functional bilingualism so common in such nations as Switzerland and Luxemburg.
1982 Eng. World-wide 3 162 Studies exclusively or mainly concerned with the (language) education of minority children, the ‘deficit hypothesis’ or the concept of ‘bidialectalism’.
ˌbidiaˈlectalist n. and adj. (one) advocating bidialectalism.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > a language > dialect > [noun] > proficiency in or advocacy of different dialects > one who advocates
bidialectalist1973
the mind > language > a language > dialect > [adjective] > having more than one dialect > (of a person) having one or many dialects
bidialectal1954
multidialectal1964
monodialectal1969
bidialectalist1973
1973 English Jrnl. May 770/2 The bidialectalist does not argue that one language or dialect may in itself be better than another.
1975 Language 51 728 A number of the assumptions underlying the bidialectalists' position have been questioned by linguists and educators, including some who were or are in the bidialectalist camp.
biˈdialectism n. = bidialectalism n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > a language > dialect > [noun] > proficiency in or advocacy of different dialects
bidialectism1959
multidialectalism1971
1959 Word 15 144 The result of these adaptations made by the newcomers was either bidialectism or dialect mixture.
1984 Eng. World-wide 4 255 A continued period of bilingualism and bidialectism.
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adj.1954