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.

Example

Examples for dead languages can only be provided for grapholectal codes and pertain to the domain of phenomena that only emerge in single documents or document groups.

References

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