Dictionary

doculect en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɒkjəlɛkt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈdɒkjʊlɛkt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈdɑkjulɛkt/ (General-American)
• /ˈdɑkjəlɛkt/ (General-American)

Etymology

Blend of document + -lect, coined by American linguist Jeff Good in 2006.

Meanings

1. The lect (language variety) of a particular document.
   • This is not the whole explanation why these Mayan doculects have an exceptionally high token frequency, but it explains part of the deviation. 2012, Andrea Ender, Adrian Leemann, Bernhard Wälchli, Methods in Contemporary Linguistics, →ISBN, page 78:
   • The most extreme case is illustrated by the doculect of McDonald and Wurm (1979), in which their consultant was being interviewed for materials in Garlali, but he preferred to speak Punthamara, so that is what he gave them. 2015, Claire Bowern, Linguistic Fieldwork: A Practical Guide, →ISBN, page 100:
   • However, for the present study these texts are considered to be specific doculects, which might, or might not, be the 'same' language as described in other resources (e.g. grammars or spontaneous text collections). 2014, Silvia Luraghi, Heiko Narrog, Perspectives on Semantic Roles, →ISBN, page 26:

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