| 释义 |
regionality|riːdʒəˈnælɪtɪ|
[f. regional a. + -ity.]
Nature or character connected with or pertaining to a region.
1961in Webster. 1966New Statesman 8 Apr. 510/1 The zone of time-space that middle-class western man mostly inhabits is the continuous present of the Western World: the particularities of the particular place he happens to live in are often little more than a backdrop to home and work and leisure—unless he's feeling jolly, when he is sometimes prepared to wear his regionality as a mask or humour. 1976Amer. Speech 1973 XLVIII. 282 For obvious reasons, the concept of ‘regionality’ in regard to language is a pre⁓occupation of the editors of the Dictionary of American Regional English. 1979Dictionaries I. 27 Many of the statements about regionality are qualified in some way. |
