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adstratum Linguistics.|ædˈstrɑːtəm| [mod.L., ad. Du. adstraat (M. Valkhoff, Latijn, Romaans, Roemeens (1932), p. 17), f. L. ad to + strātum stratum, after substratum 5, superstratum 2.] Elements or features of a language which are identified by linguists as responsible for linguistic change in another language which is otherwise dominant over it.
1939J. Whatmough in Rep. 5th Congrès International des Linguistes 48 ‘Superstratum’ (and, if I understand it aright ‘adstratum’) are not exposed to the same dangers as the ‘substratum’ theory. 1954[see substratum 5 b]. 1956[see substratum 5 a]. 1976[see superstratum 2 a]. 1978Language LIV. 424 Substrata, adstrata, superstrata, and dialect-borrowing may all have been at work, in differing degrees, in various regions and at various times. |