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Acrolect vs Basilect - What's the difference?
acrolect
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In linguistics terms the difference between acrolect and basilect
is that
acrolect
is the variety of speech that is considered the standard form while
basilect
is a variety of a language that has diverged greatly from the standard form.
acrolect
English
Noun
(
wikipedia acrolect
) (
en noun
)
(linguistics) The variety of speech that is considered the standard form.
See also
* basilect * mesolect * code-switching
basilect
English
(
wikipedia basilect
)
Noun
(
en noun
)
(linguistics) A variety of a language that has diverged greatly from the standard form.
See also
* acrolect * mesolect * code-switching
