-
descendants of
Jamaican Maroons (escaped slaves) in the 18th century.
Mesolectal forms are
similar to very
basilectal Belizean Kriol.
Jamaican Patois exists...
- instance, "it
lacks the tense/lax
contrast and
central vowels in the
mesolectal variety." The
difference between Black and
White South Africans is based...
- Usually, only
residents in
rural areas are
strong creole users,
although mesolectal forms of the
language are emplo**** by the
majority of the po****tion....
- pronunciation, and many fall
under different lectal variations (i.e. basilectal,
mesolectal, acrolectal). Some
Philippine languages (e.g. Ibanag, Itawis, Surigaonon...
-
variety spoken by middle-aged and
younger Virgin Islanders today is of a
mesolectal form that
still retains numerous creole features but is
slightly closer...
-
recent loanwords or
names from Spanish, Hindi/Bhojpuri, and Arabic. In
mesolectal forms, cut, cot, caught, and curt are all
pronounced with [ɒ]. The dental...
- English). The
grammar in
Malaysian English may
become simplified in the
mesolectal and
basilectal varieties. For example,
articles and past-tense markers...
-
other English-speaking countries, with some
differences in pronunciation.
Mesolectal: An
intermediate form
between Standard English and
basilectal Singlish...
-
though Colin hypothesizes that
these diphthongs remained in the more
mesolectal registers influenced by the
classical language.
Alternatively in higher...
-
acrolect PE,
which is used by ****stanis
educated in English-medium schools,
mesolectal PE,
which is used by ordinary, Urdu-educated ****stanis and
basilect PE...
