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Definitions of substratum in various dictionaries:
noun - a surface on which an organism grows or is attached
noun - any stratum or layer lying underneath another
noun - an indigenous language that contributes features to the language of an invading people who impose their language on the indigenous population
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Basis of problem involving bust smashed by rodent |
Basis of call girl's transport rejected with hesitation |
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Jul 14 2012 The Times - Cryptic |
Mar 12 2007 The Times - Cryptic |
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In linguistics, a stratum (Latin for "layer") or strate is a language that influences, or is influenced by another through contact. A substratum or substrate is a language that has lower power or prestige than another, while a superstratum or superstrate is the language that has higher power or prestige. Both substratum and superstratum languages influence each other, but in different ways. An adstratum or adstrate refers to a language that is in contact with another language in a neighbor population without having identifiably higher or lower prestige. The notion of "strata" has first been developed by the Italian linguist Graziadio Isaia Ascoli (18291907), and became known in the English-speaking world by two different authors in 1932.Thus, both terms refer to a situation where an intrusive language establishes itself in the territory of another, typically as the result of migration. Whether the superstratum case (the local language persists and the intrusive language disappears) or |