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   Id·i·o·lect

   /ˈidēəˌlek(t)/

   

   noun

   • 1. the speech habits peculiar to a particular person: "in his strange idiolect, he preferred to call angels “angelicals“"

   Word Origin 1940s: from idio- ‘own, personal’ + -lect as in dialect.

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishIDIOLECT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   IDIOLECT definition: 1. the form of a language that a particular person speaks 2. the form of a language that a…. Learn more.

3. www.babbel.com › en › magazineWhat Is An Idiolect? - Babbel.com

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   Aug 28, 2020 · The Definition Of Idiolect. An idiolect is the specific way that a single person speaks. This includes a person vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation and anything else that affects the way words come out of their mouth.

4. www.oxfordbibliographies.com › abstract › documentIdiolect - Linguistics - Oxford Bibliographies

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   Nov 29, 2018 · Introduction. “Idiolect” refers to an individual’s unique variety and/or use of language, from the level of the phoneme to the level of discourse. This meaning is reflected in the etymology of the word: the two morphemes idio - and - lect. Idio - is of Greek origin, and means “own, personal, private, peculiar, separate and distinct ...

5. www.britannica.com › topic › idiolectIdiolect | linguistics | Britannica

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   An idiolect is the dialect of an individual person at one time. This term implies an awareness that no two persons speak in exactly the same way and that each person’s dialect is constantly undergoing change—e.g., by the introduction of newly acquired words.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryIDIOLECT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   IDIOLECT meaning: 1. the form of a language that a particular person speaks 2. the form of a language that a…. Learn more.

7. plato.stanford.edu › entries › idiolectsIdiolects (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

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   Nov 15, 2004 · For the purposes of this entry an idiolect is a language the linguistic (i. e. syntactic, phonological, referential, etc.) properties of which can be exhaustively specified in terms of the intrinsic properties of some single individual, the person whose idiolect it is.

8. www.dictionary.com › browse › idiolectIDIOLECT Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   Idiolect definition: a person's individual speech pattern.. See examples of IDIOLECT used in a sentence.