mesolectal

English

Etymology

mesolect +‎ -al

Adjective

mesolectal (not comparable)

  1. (linguistics) Relating to a mesolect.
    • 1985, Nessa Wolfson & ‎Joan Manes, Language of Inequality, →ISBN, page 158:
      I prepared the three Matched Guise samples myself, controlling the forms carefully to represent basilectal, mesolectal, and acrolectal levels of usage
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