- bidialectalism
- noun Date: 1958 facility in using two dialects of the same language; also the teaching of Standard English to pupils who normally use a nonstandard dialect • bidialectal adjective
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
bidialectalism
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bidialectalism — See bidialectal. * * * … Universalium
bidialectalism — bi·dialectalism … English syllables
bidialectalism — ˌ noun ( s) : facility in using two dialects of the same language ; also : the teaching of Standard English to pupils who normally use a nonstandard dialect … Useful english dictionary
bidialectal — bidialectalism, bidialectism, n. bidialectalist, n. bidialectally, adv. /buy duy euh lek teuhl/, adj. proficient in or using two dialects of the same language. [1965 70; BI 1 + DIALECTAL, on the model of BILINGUAL] * * * … Universalium
bidialectal — adjective see bidialectalism … New Collegiate Dictionary
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bidialectalist — See bidialectalism. * * * … Universalium
bidialectalist — ¦bīˌdīə¦lektələ̇st noun : a person who favors the promotion and development of bidialectalism by schools especially for speakers whose primary dialects are not standard … Useful english dictionary
