英语词汇acrolect的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	acrolect
词源	acrolect; basilect; idiolect. The acrolect (from the Greek akros, “topmost”) is the best English spoken, the king’s en- glish, while the basilect means the lowest level of poor speech. Another unusual word patterned on dialect is idiolect, meaning the language or speech of an individual, which always differs slightly from person to person. These words were apparently coined toward the end of the 19th century. See dialect.
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