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Definitions of superstratum in various dictionaries:
noun - any stratum or layer superimposed on another
noun - the language of a later invading people that is imposed on an indigenous population and contributes features to their language
One layer or stratum superimposed on another.
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In addition, upper-class hookers' representative backed superior bed |
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May 26 2003 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 |