mesolectn.

Brit.

/ˈmɛsə(ʊ)lɛkt/, U.S.

/ˈmɛzəˌlɛk(t)/; see also meso- comb. form.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: meso- comb. form, -lect comb. form.

Etymology: < meso- comb. form + -lect comb. form, after acrolect n. and basilect n.

Linguistics.

Originally: (in a post-creole linguistic community) a social dialect or variety of a language having features in common with both the standard language and the creole; esp. an intermediate form between the acrolect and the basilect. Later also: (more widely) an intermediate variety in any speech continuum.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > a language > dialect > [noun] > social or class dialect

patois1643

social dialect1852

group language1920

group dialect1928

non-U1954

sociolect1963

acrolect1965

basilect1965

mesolect1971

folk-speech-

1971 C.-J. N. Bailey in Working Papers in Ling. (Univ. Hawaii) 3 v. 39 The matrilect serves as the acrolect in the continuum at one end, while the basilect..will be separated from the acrolect by a graded (systematic) series of mesolects.

1978 Archivum Linguisticum 9 35 It is perhaps noteworthy that the mesolect is not a homogeneous variety.

1985 Amer. Speech 60 34 The varieties he calls ‘North Am. NE’ correspond to the spectrum of mesolects in the black English of the southeastern United States.

1991 Eng. Today Apr. 32/2 Variety C, the mesolect, deviates more from BSE in all features than B and is used by most Pakistanis in middle class professions.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mesolect
释义	mesolectn. Brit. /ˈmɛsə(ʊ)lɛkt/, U.S. /ˈmɛzəˌlɛk(t)/; see also meso- comb. form. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: meso- comb. form, -lect comb. form. Etymology: < meso- comb. form + -lect comb. form, after acrolect n. and basilect n. Linguistics. Originally: (in a post-creole linguistic community) a social dialect or variety of a language having features in common with both the standard language and the creole; esp. an intermediate form between the acrolect and the basilect. Later also: (more widely) an intermediate variety in any speech continuum. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > dialect > [noun] > social or class dialect patois1643 social dialect1852 group language1920 group dialect1928 non-U1954 sociolect1963 acrolect1965 basilect1965 mesolect1971 folk-speech- 1971 C.-J. N. Bailey in Working Papers in Ling. (Univ. Hawaii) 3 v. 39 The matrilect serves as the acrolect in the continuum at one end, while the basilect..will be separated from the acrolect by a graded (systematic) series of mesolects. 1978 Archivum Linguisticum 9 35 It is perhaps noteworthy that the mesolect is not a homogeneous variety. 1985 Amer. Speech 60 34 The varieties he calls ‘North Am. NE’ correspond to the spectrum of mesolects in the black English of the southeastern United States. 1991 Eng. Today Apr. 32/2 Variety C, the mesolect, deviates more from BSE in all features than B and is used by most Pakistanis in middle class professions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1971
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