Semidialectal
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Semidialectal is an adjective meaning (of a language or vocabulary) Having a mixture of dialectal and standard words or grammar.
Meaning
(of a language or vocabulary) Having a mixture of dialectal and standard words or grammar.
Example Sentences
It does not suffice to collect a few semiliterate, semidialectal speakers to construct a descriptive grammar of a big language of modern civilization. If we try, we may emerge with a descriptive grammar of a few idiolects or dialects […]
Word Forms
- semi-dialectal
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bidialectal, bisemic, multidialectal, tridialectal, diglossic, heteroglot.
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