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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?


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December 03, 2008, 05:58
zmježd
Perhaps an ecolect (link) from Greek oikos 'house'.


Ceci n'est pas un seing.
December 06, 2008, 13:47
Kalleh
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.
December 06, 2008, 14:25
<Proofreader>
Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary (Hard cover) Don't know if it's still in print.
December 07, 2008, 05:43
arnie
David Crystal on DCBlog says the word is familect.


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