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REGIONALISM

Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language | 1998 | | Â© Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language 1998, originally published by Oxford University Press 1998. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

REGIONALISM. A term in LINGUISTICS for a WORD or other usage belonging to a region, either of the world or a country. An Americanism is a regionalism of English in world terms, while a Kentuckyism or New Yorkism is a regionalism in US terms. See ISM. Compare LOCALISM.

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