December 03, 2008, 03:46
BobHale?lect
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?
December 06, 2008, 13:47
KallehI 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.
December 06, 2008, 14:25
<Proofreader>Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary (Hard cover) Don't know if it's still in print.