| 单词 | creole continuum |
| 释义 | > as lemmascreole continuum creole continuum n. Linguistics (in a post-creole community) a continuous range of variation in social dialects, from the variety most closely related to the creole to the variety most closely resembling the standard language; cf. basilect n., acrolect n.Cf. slightly earlier post-creole continuum n. at post- prefix 2a(a)(ii). ΚΠ 1971 Caribbean Q. 17 ii. 5 (title) On the Nature of a Creole Continuum. 1976 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 124 435/1 Far more important linguistically is the eventual creation of the creole-continuum already referred to. 1985 J. R. Rickford in N. Wolfson & J. Manes Lang. of Inequality 146 The standard view of language attitudes in creole continua is that the standard variety is good, and the non-standard varieties (including the ‘Creole’) are bad. 2005 Callaloo 28 32 Jamaica..possesses the most distinctive form of Caribbean English, characterized by a true creole continuum and by very significant divergences from standard English. < as lemmas |
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