acrolectとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈæk.ɹə.lɛkt/

名詞

acrolect (plural acrolects)

1. (sociolinguistics) The variety of speech that is considered most suitable for formal occasions (typically using only standard forms).

   Coordinate terms: mesolect, basilect; hyperlect

   • 1994, Michael Montgomery, The Crucible of Carolina, University of Georgia Press, →ISBN, page 60:

     In one dimension change is directed toward the acrolect, the “typical” change in the creole continuum.

   • 2013, Allan Bell, The Guidebook to Sociolinguistics, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 83:

     At the other end of the continuum is the most standard speech, the acrolect. In between is a gradient of forms with many successive levels, the mesolects.

派生語

参考

• code-switching
• matrilect

Further reading

• post-creole continuum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia