Idiolect

Translations

idioletto | idiolecte | Idiolekt

Article

Since Bloch (1948), an idiolect is defined as the distinctive individual use of a linguistic code. Its equivalent in the domain of ancient text languages is the related, albeit complex, concept of grapholect.

References

Bloch, B. 1948. A set of postulates for phonemic analysis. Language 24, 3-46.