LINGUISTICS
MESOLECT BASILECT
ACROLET
A midway
between
acrolect and
basilect
MESOLECT
Variety of
speech
The fancier, Elevated
more general
American
desirable
accent
ACROLECT
Cultivated People with
South African, education and
Australian money
Really strong Almost all
accent native speakers
accent
BASILECT
Broad Doesn't
Australian stand out
that much
accent