Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diasystematic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: di-asys-tem-at-ic
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Concerned with or relating to the ways in which language is used across different fields and contexts.

Example Sentences

"According to Hausmann (1977, Ch. 8), lexically relevant units can receive — typically by means of labels or usage notes — any or all of the following types of diasystematic marking: diachronic (e.g. archaic, neologism); diatopic (e.g. American English for elevator 'lift', British English for loo); diaintegrative for foreign borrowings used in English (e.g. German for Weltanschauung); diastratic (e.g. informal for loo, formal for perambulator); diaconnotative (e.g. from Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary (W9), often used disparagingly for dyke); diatechnical (e.g. law for tort, anatomy for clavicle; diafrequential (e.g. rare); dianormative (e.g. substandard for ain't)."

Etymology

From dia- + systematic.

Derived Forms

diasystematically

Questions

What does diasystematic mean?: Concerned with or relating to the ways in which language is used across different fields and contexts.
Where does diasystematic come from?: From dia- + systematic.

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