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- noun linguistics A
variety of speech that is midway between theacrolect and thebasilect .
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From meso- + lect.
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sionnach commented on the word mesolect
Any variety of language in a creole continuum that is intermediate between the basilect and the acrolect.
January 10, 2008
she commented on the word mesolect
(Later also more widely: an intermediate variety in any speech continuum.)
September 3, 2008