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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(lexicography) Concerned with or relating to the ways in which language varies across social, cultural or educational factors..
a diastratic usage label
According to Hausmann (1977, Ch. 8), lexically relevant units can receive — typically by means of labels or usage notes — any or all of the following types of diasystematic marking: diachronic (e.g. archaic, neologism); diatopic (e.g. American English for elevator 'lift', British English for loo); diaintegrative for foreign borrowings used in English (e.g. German for Weltanschauung); diastratic (e.g. informal for loo, formal for perambulator); diaconnotative (e.g. from Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary (W9), often used disparagingly for dyke); diatechnical (e.g. law for tort, anatomy for clavicle; diafrequential (e.g. rare); dianormative (e.g. substandard for ain't).
The eschewing of Grantha letters despite their widespread use in modern Tamil, and the unnecessary diastratic and dianormative labelling of many common items as 'non-standard', echo traditional views that the language needs to be 'protected' against the innovations of ordinary everyday speech.
Use diastratic when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Diastratic means (lexicography) Concerned with or relating to the ways in which language varies across social, cultural or educational factors..
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a diastratic usage label
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