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Acrolect vs Mesolect - What's the difference?

acrolect | mesolect |

Mesolect is a related term of acrolect.



In linguistics terms the difference between acrolect and mesolect

is that acrolect is the variety of speech that is considered the standard form while mesolect is a variety of speech that is midway between the acrolect and the basilect.

acrolect

English

Noun

(wikipedia acrolect) (en noun)
  • (linguistics) The variety of speech that is considered the standard form.

    • See also

    * basilect * mesolect * code-switching

    mesolect

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics) A variety of speech that is midway between the acrolect and the basilect.
  • * 1973 Sep, , The Nature of a Creole Continuum'', in ''Language 49(3), page 642, [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0097-8507%28197309%2949%3A3%3C640%3ATNOACC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-K]
    • [...] 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.

    Related terms

    * acrolect * basilect

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