mesolectal

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

mesolect +‎ -al

Adjective

[edit]

mesolectal (not comparable)

  1. (linguistics) Relating to a mesolect.
    • 1985, Nessa Wolfson, Joan Manes, Language of Inequality, →ISBN, page 158:
      I prepared the three Matched Guise samples myself, controlling the forms carefully to represent basilectal, mesolectal, and acrolectal levels of usage
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=mesolectal&oldid=75716835"