| 释义 |
basilect Linguistics.|ˈbæsɪlɛkt|
[f. basi- + -lect.]
In a post-creole community, the social dialect that is most closely related to the creole and furthest removed from the standard language; also, the least prestigious or ‘lowest’ variety of any language. Cf. acrolect, mesolect.
1965, etc. [see -lect]. 1977[see acrolect]. 1982R. Quirk Style & Communication in Eng. Lang. iii. 44 Nuclear English can carry no such stigma as that frequently perceived..in relation to basilect forms of English.
Hence basiˈlectal a., of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the basilect.
1977Language LIII. 334 The major social motives account for these classes of variation: (a) pressure to avoid basilectal forms, [etc.]. 1982English World-Wide III. i. 56 There is no equivalent of the mesolectal or basilectal speech styles found, for example, in Singapore. 1985Amer. Speech LX. 45 The language impresses the reader as basilectal through and through. |