ac·ro·lect ( k r -l kt )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. ac ro·lectal adj. |
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