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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(sociolinguistics) A variety of speech that is midway between the acrolect and the basilect..
[...] one characteristic of the mesolect seems to be that it contains, not merely forms from the polar lects, but forms which in function, if not always in phonetic shape, are peculiar to itself.
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Mesolect means (sociolinguistics) A variety of speech that is midway between the acrolect and the basilect..
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[...] one characteristic of the mesolect seems to be that it contains, not merely forms from the polar lects, but forms which in function, if not always in phonetic shape, are peculiar to itself.
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