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mesolect en · NOUN

Etymology

From meso- + -lect.

Meanings

1. A variety of speech that is midway between the acrolect and the basilect.
   • [...] one characteristic of the mesolect seems to be that it contains, not merely forms from the polar lects, but forms which in function, if not always in phonetic shape, are peculiar to itself. 1973 Sep, Derek Bickerton, “The Nature of a Creole Continuum”, in Language, 49(3), page 642:

Forms

Coordinates

basilect · acrolect

Deriveds

mesolectal

Relateds

code-switching · matrilect

Translations (6)

fi mesolekti (speech between acrolect and basilect) · pt mesoleto (speech between acrolect and basilect) · es mesolecto (speech between acrolect and basilect) · de Mesolekt (speech between acrolect and basilect) · fr mésolecte (speech between acrolect and basilect) · jam miizolek (speech between acrolect and basilect)