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Is there a word, similar to idiolect or sociolect that means "language spoken within a family"? I thought it might be "familiolect" but that gets a suspiciously low number of google hits, non of them from reputable linguistics sites. Anybody know of an accepted term for this withi linguistics? "No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson. | ||
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Perhaps an ecolect (link) from Greek oikos 'house'. —Ceci n'est pas un seing. | |||
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I put the concept into Onelook's reverse dictionary, and the only reasonable word that came up was "vernacular," which obviously isn't what you mean. I really wish there were a better reverse dictionary. In this day and age of Internet capabilities, I am surprised there isn't, but I've not found one. | |||
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Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary (Hard cover) Don't know if it's still in print. | ||
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David Crystal on DCBlog says the word is familect. Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life. | |||
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