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/ˈlɜːnɪdɪzəm/ · noun
(especially linguistics of Greek) A word acquired through formal education rather than through childhood language acquisition..
Katharevousa τὸ πλοῖον and the demotic learnedism τὸ πλοῖο mean 'ship' in general. Demotic πλοῖο is stylistically more elevated than its synonym τὸ καράβι.
Furthermore, περ is productive in the Italiot texts, presumably as a learnedism rather than a popular survival.
I also hear clearly his adoption of a perspective indexed by his use of anthropological terms (for example, he repeatedly uses the word boribot, “context,” a true learnedism, in his current conversations[…]
Use learnedism when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Learnedism means (especially linguistics of Greek) A word acquired through formal education rather than through childhood language acquisition..
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Katharevousa τὸ πλοῖον and the demotic learnedism τὸ πλοῖο mean 'ship' in general. Demotic πλοῖο is stylistically more elevated than its synonym τὸ καράβι.
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