acrolectal en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English acrolect Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English acrolectal From acrolect + -al.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to an acrolect, or standard dialect
I prepared the three Matched Guise samples myself, controlling the forms carefully to represent basilectal, mesolectal, and acrolectal levels of usage
1985, Nessa Wolfson, Joan Manes, Language of Inequality, →ISBN, page 158:
Deriveds
Translations (1)
pt acroletal (pertaining to an acrolect)