What does "satellect" mean?

A creole that exists within a culture where one of the parent languages remains the dominant local language.

What is a synonym for "satellect"?

Common synonyms include: acolutholect.

Satellect

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Noun

1
A creole that exists within a culture where one of the parent languages remains the dominant local language.
"There is reason to suspect that since this over-generalization is done by one satellect (i.e., HC), it must be a fundamental phenomenon of all satellects."

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acolutholect

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"There is reason to suspect that since this over-generalization is done by one satellect (i.e., HC), it must be a fundamental phenomenon of all satellects."

Etymology

Blend of satellite + lect.

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