With professional jargon such as "acrolect" some of the interest for the ordinary reader is in knowing who coined this phrase, when, and in what context? Wetman 03:30, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- I looked it up; I did not know that it was Derek Bickerton who coined the word. I was pleased to learn that we already had a stub article about him. Smerdis of Tlön 04:37, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- Good! an improvement. "Basilect" is a curious and unlucky barbarism that makes an educated person think naturally of "the King's English"—basileus is not what its misguided coiner had in mind. A counterfeit coining, I'm sorry to relate. The following text displays failure of nerve: "An acrolect is a register of a spoken language that is considered formal and high style." Is considered? Considered by whom, inquiring minds wish to know? What of those who speak in paragraphs and dream in "acrolect": are we acrofolk? --Wetman 07:50, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
As far as I know, Arabic could make a good example - Arabic TV broadcasts and newspapers form a register that is distinct from both literary and spoken Arabic, but relies on both. Is there anyone who could elaborate, and maybe incorporate this into the article? (my knowledge is very rudimentary)
- Also Katharevousa, the literary invented modern form of Greek. See Modern Greek and Katharevousa --Wetman 16:15, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)