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===Dependent clauses=== | ===Dependent clauses=== | ||
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==Lexicology== | |||
=== Monoclass nouns and class-derived alternates === | |||
=== Synonymy === | |||
=== Homophones === | |||
=== Homographs === | |||
==Semantics== | ==Semantics== | ||
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| colspan="4" | ‘A man takes [something] from the woman [and gives it] to the child.’ | | colspan="4" | ‘A man takes [something] from the woman [and gives it] to the child.’ | ||
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== Sociolinguistics == | |||
Daùnare is subject to significant phonological, morphological, and lexical variation across regions and social classes, as well as age. | |||
Unlike most languages that feature a strong social class distinction in speech, there are two identifiable acrolects: The '''plutolect''', is the prestige dialect of urban elites, "media types", the ''nouveau riche'', and (in a wide sense) liberals. The '''aristolect''', meanwhile, is the prestige dialect of the clergy, "traditional" artists (painters, sculptors, classical musicians), ''old money'' (aristocracy and gentry), other well-heeled country-dwellers, and (in a wide sense) conservatives. | |||
Both of these sociolects feature innovations (such as pitch accent in the aristolect, or the extensive coalescence of the plutolect), but on the whole the plutolect can be considered more "innovative" while the aristolect is more "conservative", relative to the historical development of the language. The latter's "conservatism" is particularly evident in lexical terms. | |||
Of course, being multi-dimensional, sociolinguistic variation is multi-faceted, as at least both region and social class (as well as age) will impact on a speaker's idiolect. While regional features are strongest in non-acrolectal speakers, certain features are more or less strongly influential on each acrolect: Speakers of the plutolect are more likely to have regional morphological features, and less likely to use regional vocabulary, while the opposite is the case for acrolectal speakers. | |||
=== Regional variation === | |||
==== Regional phonologies ==== | |||
==== Regional morphologies ==== | |||
==== Regional lexicology ==== | |||
=== Youth language === | |||
=== Plutolectal features === | |||
==== Plutolectal phonology ==== | |||
=== Aristolectal features === | |||
==== Aristolectal phonology ==== | |||
==== Aristolectal lexicology ==== | |||
=== Isolated communities === | |||
==Example texts== | ==Example texts== | ||