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Acrolect
The highest register of a language; a colloquial dialect of prestige. For pidgins and creoles, the form of the language most influenced by the superstrate. (sociolinguistics)
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Acronym
A word formed by using only the first letter of each word in an expression or title, e.g., National Aeronautics and Space Administration ➞ NASA. (morphology)
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Across-the-Board Rule
The most general of phonological rules that applies in all circumstances, ignoring morpheme and word boundaries. (phonology)
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