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grapholect

noun
/ˈɡɹæfəˌlɛkt/

Etymology

Blend of grapheme + dialect, coined by linguist Einar Haugen in 1964.

  1. derived from διάλεκτος
  2. derived from dialectos
  3. derived from dialecte
  4. compounded as grapholect — “grapheme + dialect”

Definitions

  1. A written variant of a language, analogous to a spoken dialect of a language.

    • The grapholect of Standard English is not the exclusive system that arbiters of cultural purity wish to 'correct' us into believing
    • A grapholect is a transdialectical language formed by deep commitment to writing. An example of grapholect is the (written) Chinese language. Almost any Standard language, such as Standard Dutch or Standard English is a grapholect.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for grapholect. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA