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单词 basilect
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Definition of basilect in English:

basilect

noun ˈbasɪlɛktˈbeɪsɪlɛktˈbāzəˌlekt
Linguistics
  • A less prestigious dialect or variety of a particular language.

    Often contrasted with acrolect
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Some like the basilect and some like the acrolect.
    • Includes standard dialects, nonstandard dialects, idiolects (distinctive of an individual), acrolects (prestigious dialects), basilects (stigmatized dialects), mesolects (dialects neutral as to prestige).
    • What usually occurs is the incorporation of the acrolect's symbols and ideas, the dogma and doctrine, and the basilect's practices and rituals.
    • At this time the great majority of people in the community were speakers primarily of this basilect.
    • English would be the acrolect while Jamaican would be the basilect.
    Synonyms
    regional language, local language, local tongue, local speech, local parlance, variety of language

Derivatives

  • basilectal

  • adjectivebasɪˈlɛkt(ə)lbeɪsɪˈlɛkt(ə)l
    Linguistics
    • They are arranged along a post-Creole continuum which has acrolectal (those varieties closest to the superstrate) at one end and basilectal (those varieties furthest from it) at the other.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It is my impression that prosodic focus without syntactic reorganization is possible at other levels of the Creole continuum not at the basilectal level.
      • Furthermore, labels such as rare, historical, rural and basilectal help to categorize the items.
      • The article focuses on the basilectal features of the oldest speaker and considers how such features became stigmatized.
      • I will focus especially at basilectal errors that are generalized across a large number of papers, as they could conceivably be the most reliable indicators of written language loss or failed acquisition.

Origin

1960s: from basis + -lect as in dialect.

 
 

Definition of basilect in US English:

basilect

nounˈbāzəˌlekt
Linguistics
  • A less prestigious dialect or variety of a particular language (used especially in the study of Creoles).

    Compare with acrolect, mesolect
    Example sentencesExamples
    • At this time the great majority of people in the community were speakers primarily of this basilect.
    • Some like the basilect and some like the acrolect.
    • What usually occurs is the incorporation of the acrolect's symbols and ideas, the dogma and doctrine, and the basilect's practices and rituals.
    • Includes standard dialects, nonstandard dialects, idiolects (distinctive of an individual), acrolects (prestigious dialects), basilects (stigmatized dialects), mesolects (dialects neutral as to prestige).
    • English would be the acrolect while Jamaican would be the basilect.
    Synonyms
    regional language, local language, local tongue, local speech, local parlance, variety of language

Origin

1960s: from basis + -lect as in dialect.

 
 
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