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idiolect

[id-ee-uh-lekt]

noun Linguistics.

a person's individual speech pattern. Compare dialect (def. 1).

Origin:
1945–50; idio- + -lect, as in dialect

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Idiolect is always a great word to know.

So is distinctive feature. Does it mean:

a component or phonetic form characterizing a phoneme

characterized by the absence of a distinctive phonological feature, such as (p) in contrast to (b), which lacks the distinctive feature of voicing

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idiolect (ˈɪdɪəˌlɛkt)

—n
	the variety or form of a language used by an individual

idio'lectal

—*adj*

idio'lectic

—*adj*

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