isolect

词形变化

isolects 复数 isolects

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A language or dialect; coined as a neutral term between ‘language’ and ‘dialect.’

    语言学

    2008, Keith Brown, Sarah Ogilvie, Malay, entry in Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World, page 677, While Middle Malay, Minangkabau, and Kerinci have inland and west coast variants as their origin, Malay itself developed from isolects spoken on the east coast.

词源

Coined by Alfred Hudson in his published work on the languages of Borneo: iso- + -lect.

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