[Lexicog] words used by a single individual

Ricardo Soca ricardo at SOCA.COM.BR
Mon Jun 24 16:06:23 UTC 2013


Idiolect


2013/6/23 Bill Poser <billposer2 at gmail.com>

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> Is there a standard term for words used by a single individual? I am not
> talking about nonce formations, which are ephemeral, but of words used
> consistently by a single person (or perhaps small minority). Many types of
> dictionaries exclude such things, but it seems to me to be useful to
> include them in dictionaries of dying languages.
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