Definition of Idiolects

1. Noun. (plural of idiolect) ¹

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Definition of Idiolects

1. idiolect [n] - See also: idiolect

Lexicographical Neighbors of Idiolects

idiographs
idiography
idioheteroagglutinin
idioheterolysin
idiohypnotism
idioisoagglutinin
idioisolysin
idiojunctional rhythm
idiolalia
idiolatries
idiolatry
idiolect
idiolectal
idiolectic
idiolectical
idiolects (current term)
idiolysin
idiom
idiom blend
idiomata
idiomatic
idiomatic expression
idiomatical
idiomatically
idiomaticities
idiomaticity
idiomatick
idiomaticness
idiomaticnesses
idiomatology

Literary usage of Idiolects

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. From Latin to Spanish by Paul M. Lloyd (1987)
"Because the variable structures contained in language are determined by social functions, idiolects do not provide the basis for self-contained or ..."

2. An Indoeuropean Classification: A Lexicostatistical Experiment by Isidore Dyen, Joseph B. Kruskal, Paul Black (1992)
"The definition of dialectological language we would prefer to use is seldom feasible to apply in practice: two dialects (or idiolects) belong to the same ..."

3. Russia and England in central Asia, tr. by F.C. Daukesby Mikhail Afrikanovich Terentev by Mikhail Afrikanovich Terentev (1876)
"... orof—Ought idiolects to be worn by those to. whom they are presented ?—Diplomatic niceties of Oriental* —Difficult position of the Envoys from Kokan and ..."

4. Indoeuropean Classification: A Lexicostatistical Experiment: Transactions, APS by Isidore Dyen (2007)
"The definition of dialectological language we would prefer to use is seldom feasible to apply in practice: two dialects (or idiolects) belong to the same ..."

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