angloversal

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Anglo- + clipping of universal, or a blend of Anglophone (or other words with the same initial component) +‎ universal. Coined by Christian Mair (2003) in German.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

angloversal (plural angloversals)

  1. (linguistics, English dialectology, uncommon) A nonstandard linguistic feature that is recurrent in different English varieties.
    Coordinate terms: areoversal, varioversal

References

  1. ^ Mair, C. (2003). Kreolismen und verbales Identitätsmanagement im geschriebenen jamaikanischen Englisch. In E. Vogel, A. Napp, and W. Lutterer (eds.), Zwischen Ausgrenzung und Hybridisierung: Zur Konstruktion von Identitäten aus kulturwissenschaftlicher Perspektive (pp. 79–96). Würzburg: Ergon.
  2. ^ Kortmann, B., & Szmrecsanyi, B. (2004). Global synopsis: Morphological and syntactic variation in English. In A Handbook of Varieties of English (Vol. 2, pp. 1142–1202). De Gruyter.
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