| 单词 | speech island |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspeech island speech island n. Linguistics a small area inhabited by speakers of a language or dialect other than that spoken in the surrounding areas. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > dialect > [noun] > speech community > speech island island1882 speech island1888 1888 M. D. Learned in Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 9 65 We are to seek the causes which have contribued to the formation of this important speech-island in the domain of German dialects. 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. iv. 60 One of these, Lusatian (Wendish, Sorbian), survives as a speech-island of some 30,000 persons in Upper Saxony. 1957 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xxvii. 5 In one instance, that of stone boat, there is an additional speech island along the Mississippi, opposite St. Louis. 1978 Amer. Speech 53 44 A large speech island appears in the German-settlement area of Missouri and Illinois. < as lemmas |
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