Associations to the word «Idiolect»

Wiktionary

IDIOLECT, noun. (linguistics) The language variant used by a specific individual.

Dictionary definition

IDIOLECT, noun. The language or speech of one individual at a particular period in life.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky