different between cryptolect vs ethnolect
cryptolect
English
Etymology
crypto- (“concealed, hidden, secret”) +? -lect (“[language] variety”)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kr?p?t?l?kt, IPA(key): /?k??pt?l?kt/
- (US) enPR: kr?p?t?l?kt', IPA(key): /?k??pt??l?kt/
Noun
cryptolect (plural cryptolects)
- (linguistics) A secretive language form used by a subculture; an arcane cant.
- Cockney rhyming slang developed originally from the cryptolects of London’s thieves and vagabonds.
Derived terms
- cryptolectal
References
- “cryptolect, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (draft entry, March 2006)
cryptolect From the web:
- what does cryptolect mean
ethnolect
English
Etymology
ethno- +? -lect
Noun
ethnolect (plural ethnolects)
- A language variety specific to an ethnic group.
- Ebonics is an ethnolect of African Americans.
Derived terms
- ethnolectal
- multiethnolect
Related terms
- dialect
- idiolect
- sociolect
- ecolect
- cryptolect
Translations
ethnolect From the web:
- what is ethnolect meaning
- what is ethnolect and examples
- what is ethnolect and idiolect
- what does an ethnolect mean
- multiethnolect
- what is your ethnolect
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