10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACROLECT»
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acrolect in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Language Standardization and Language Change: The Dynamics ...
The insights of the acrolect Although there has been a tendency in the study of
language contact to focus on the analysis of basilectal varieties, Rickford (1974)
suggested in a paper titled The Insights of the Mesolect that 'rummaging in the ...
2
Creole and Dialect Continua: Standard Acquisition Processes ...
(percentages represented in parentheses) Sample-Speaker TS TU Fronting
Repetition Presentation TH#6 (acrolect) 24 44 0 41.6% 58.3% TH#7 (acrolect) 51
58 1.9% 49.1% 56.8% TH#12 (acrolect) 6 8 66.6% 6.6% 16.6% TH Overall 81
110 ...
3
Variation in the Caribbean: From Creole Continua to ...
Gut's study shows that despite the ongoing endo- genization of the acrolectal
norm, which is taking place in many post-colonial settings following political
independence, infusion of the acrolect by the local creole cannot be observed, at
least ...
Lars Hinrichs, Joseph T. Farquharson, 2011
4
Africa, South and Southeast Asia
(Continued) The vowels of Black South African English (acrolect) – summary
STRUT √ > A_ START A_ ~ √ FACE e ~ EI commA ́ BATH A_ ~ √ MOUTH aU >
ç lettER ́ PALM A_ ~ √ happY I > i horsES I ~ ́ About ́ A comparison between the
...
5
The Crucible of Carolina: Essays in the Development of ...
In one dimension change is directed toward the acrolect, the "typical" change in
the creole continuum. In another dimension change is directed toward the meso-
lect. And in the third dimension change is directed toward an undetermined ...
6
Status and Function of Languages and Language Varieties
The Status and Prestige of the Acrolect. 3. Character and Functions of the
Hyperlect. 4. Differential Motivations affecting Choice of Variant Forms. 5.
Literature (selected). 1. The Emergence of an Acrolectal Dialect and Accent 1.1. It
has become ...
7
History, Society and Variation: In Honor of Albert Valdman
tives). Decreolization qua debasilectalization or shift away from the basilect can
also be explained as loss of the basilect by the erosion of its system in favor of
that of the acrolect. So far this process has not been documented, although, like
any ...
Albert Valdman, J. Clancy Clements, 2006
8
A Handbook of Varieties of English: Morphology and syntax
In comparison to the five phonemes of the mesolect, /i/, /E/, /a/, /ç/ and /u/, the
acrolect also uses /I/, /Œ/ and /√/ as phonemes, with /Q/ and /Å/ emerging as
phonemes, although not with enough consistency to regard them as established
...
Edgar Werner Schneider, Bernd Kortmann, 2004
9
The Phonological Spectrum: Segmental structure
In the vowel inventory of the acrolect, the ban on front rounded vowels has been
relaxed (cf. again Table l(b)); at the same time, a type 1 fronting-unrounding
diphthong *[3i] appears. In the lexicon, fronting-unrounding closing diphthongs
and ...
Jeroen Maarten van de Weijer, Vincent van Heuven, Harry van der Hulst, 2003
10
Creoles, Contact, and Language Change: Linguistics and ...
In the creole continuum model, JE is referred to as the acrolect. JC includes the
basilect — the variety most distinct from JE — and the mesolect. The mesolect
encompasses a set of intermediate varieties. There are, however, mesolec- tal ...
Geneviève Escure, Armin Schwegler, 2004
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACROLECT»
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acrolect is used in the context of the following news items.
Children's Hospital helps troubled teens communicate
... the lowest form of language, and possibly even in mesolect, the most common range of language, but they suffer in acrolect, the more formal ... «Washington Post, Dec 12»
Proud of Manglish?
The spectrum from Acrolect to Basilect can be described as language which is “slightly Malaysian” to “very Malaysian”, with Mesolect ... «The Star Online, Dec 12»
Linguist: It's okay to speak Manglish
At one end, there is Acrolect and at the other Basilect, with Mesolect somewhere in between. This might be seen as a continuum from “slightly ... «The Star Online, Nov 12»
