Sunday, May 29, 2011

acrolect - mesolect - basilect

Three portions of the post-creole continuum:

acrolect

(linguistics) The variety of speech that is considered the standard form.

mesolect

 (linguistics) A variety of speech that is midway between the acrolect and the basilect.

basilect

(linguistics) A variety of a language that has diverged greatly from the standard form.

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