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acrolect

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ac·ro·lect  (kr-lkt)
n.
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.
[acro- + (dia)lect.]
acro·lectal adj.
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Because the continuum is characterized by constant shifting among the basilect, mesolect, and acrolect, and thus, the lexical and grammatical variability of structures which emerges as speakers move among these lectal varieties, a Creole-English student's linguistic repertoire uses several basilect, mesolect and acrolect lexico-grammatical features typical of both conversational and academic registers.
Re-examining ESL programs in public schools: a focus on ... by Clachar, Arlene / Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table
For example, Standard Jamaican English is the acrolect where Jamaican Creole is spoken.
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The introductory chapter contains a brief presentation of useful but very often problematic terminology to be used in the book (language, dialect, acrolect, basilect, mesolect, creole, etc.
The English languages. (Reviews) by Kopaczyk, Joanna / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
 
 
 
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