How can we understand each other if we attach different senses to the same words as if each of us has his own idiolect. From LearnThat.org.
"idiolect" -- the vehicle of thought unique to each person, the basic layer. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 3] Reference
May 9, 2009 12: 11 PM dormouse replied to idiolect. From Wordnik.com. [Ask Professor Foxy: Does My Size and Not Flirting Keep Me Alone? - Feministing] Reference
May 9, 2009 1: 10 PM asseenontv replied to idiolect. From Wordnik.com. [Ask Professor Foxy: Does My Size and Not Flirting Keep Me Alone? - Feministing] Reference
May 9, 2009 3: 40 PM idiolect replied to asseenontv. From Wordnik.com. [Ask Professor Foxy: Does My Size and Not Flirting Keep Me Alone? - Feministing] Reference
May 9, 2009 4: 08 PM asseenontv replied to idiolect. From Wordnik.com. [Ask Professor Foxy: Does My Size and Not Flirting Keep Me Alone? - Feministing] Reference
Do you think I use too much jargon/dialect/idiolect?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference
Not only dat, but ebbery kitteh has himz own idiolect. From Wordnik.com. [I QUESTION THE GENERAL - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
November 14, 2008 11:25 AM idiolect replied to doubleb. From Wordnik.com. [The Adipositivity Project: A new direction in fat acceptance - Feministing] Reference
Do others agree? or is this simply a part of my idiolect?. From Wordnik.com. [Ground Floor | Linguism | Language Blog] Reference
What the phrase "I am gone" refers to in my own idiolect. From Wordnik.com. [I am gone] Reference
What you are describing is known in linguistics as an idiolect. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » What means this “English”?:] Reference
This is absolutely the first I've ever heard of this (via idiolect. org.uk). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-09-01] Reference
But with whereas competently handling that sense, I have no motivation to use it in my idiolect. From Wordnik.com. [On whilst] Reference
Worse, even within the very same idiolect it would distinguish as different "words" what one would have thought were the same word. From Wordnik.com. [Types and Tokens] Reference
I'd probably even prefer it to "were," in my dialect/idiolect/whatever. From Wordnik.com. [Ask MetaFilter] Reference
I'm originally from Missouri but I've lived in New York since 1993, so I have both in my idiolect. From Wordnik.com. [World Hum] Reference
"desert" isn't an general-purpose adjective in my idiolect. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: CLUNKY COMPOUNDS.] Reference
Looks like somebody's idiolect. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: BLACK ENGLISH.] Reference
(Supper is not in my idiolect.). From Wordnik.com. [The name for different meal times in Mexico] Reference
Cross-posted at idiolect.org.uk. From Wordnik.com. [Mind Hacks: March 2006 Archives] Reference
It's not alleged in my idiolect. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: STILL UNPACKED.] Reference
What is standard in your idiolect?. From Wordnik.com. [2009 February « Motivated Grammar] Reference
May 9, 2009 12: 02 PM idiolect said. From Wordnik.com. [Ask Professor Foxy: Does My Size and Not Flirting Keep Me Alone? - Feministing] Reference
John might have a really odd idiolect. From Wordnik.com. [Common knowledge] Reference
May 9, 2009 12: 20 PM idiolect replied to. From Wordnik.com. [Ask Professor Foxy: Does My Size and Not Flirting Keep Me Alone? - Feministing] Reference
That structure is just not in my idiolect. From Wordnik.com. [On not being last] Reference
Des von Bladet's online idiolect uses 'isn't it'. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: MISSING WORDS.] Reference
May 9, 2009 1: 18 PM konkonsn replied to idiolect. From Wordnik.com. [Ask Professor Foxy: Does My Size and Not Flirting Keep Me Alone? - Feministing] Reference
May 10, 2009 9: 03 AM idiolect replied to allegra. From Wordnik.com. [Ask Professor Foxy: Does My Size and Not Flirting Keep Me Alone? - Feministing] Reference
May 10, 2009 6: 44 PM allegra replied to idiolect. From Wordnik.com. [Ask Professor Foxy: Does My Size and Not Flirting Keep Me Alone? - Feministing] Reference
Slide 25: idiolect • "An idiolect is a variety of a language unique to an individual. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Nice catch idiolect. From Wordnik.com. [Ask Professor Foxy: Does My Size and Not Flirting Keep Me Alone? - Feministing] Reference
10:46 AM idiolect said. From Wordnik.com. [Lame-ass villains #15 - The Nuclear Family] Reference
idiolect on. From Wordnik.com. [(Un)Feminist Guilty Pleasure: Spanx. - Feministing] Reference
August 12, 2008 11:45 AM idiolect said: "have" should be "half.". From Wordnik.com. [Anti-Feminist Mailbag: Self-love edition - Feministing] Reference
Broadway, and, latterly, TV world, insights in its own fantastic idiolect. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
LearnThatWord and the Open Dictionary of English are programs by LearnThat Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Questions? Feedback? We want to hear from you!
Email us
or click here for instant support.
Copyright © 2005 and after - LearnThat Foundation. Patents pending.