Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

doculect

/ˈdɑkjulɛkt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: doculect
IPA: /ˈdɑkjulɛkt/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The lect (language variety) of a particular document.

Example Sentences

"This is not the whole explanation why these Mayan doculects have an exceptionally high token frequency, but it explains part of the deviation."
"However, for the present study these texts are considered to be specific doculects, which might, or might not, be the 'same' language as described in other resources (e.g. grammars or spontaneous text collections)."
"The most extreme case is illustrated by the doculect of McDonald and Wurm (1979), in which their consultant was being interviewed for materials in Garlali, but he preferred to speak Punthamara, so that is what he gave them."

Etymology

Blend of document + -lect, coined by American linguist Jeff Good in 2006.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈdɑkjulɛkt/
British English: /ˈdɒkjʊlɛkt/

Inflected Forms

doculects (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce doculect?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɑkjulɛkt/.
What does doculect mean?: The lect (language variety) of a particular document.
Where does doculect come from?: Blend of document + -lect, coined by American linguist Jeff Good in 2006.

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