1. Includes standard dialects, nonstandard dialects, idiolects, acrolects, Basilects, mesolects

2. Basilects and Acrolects require some form, but mesolects require none.: Includes standard dialects, nonstandard dialects, idiolects, Acrolects, basilects, mesolects

3. ‘Includes standard dialects, nonstandard dialects, idiolects (distinctive of an individual), acrolects (prestigious dialects), Basilects (stigmatized dialects), mesolects (dialects neutral as to prestige).’

4. The novel adopts an epistolary form, uses the first person, and tells the whole story mainly by employing the idiolects of the heroines Celie and Nettie.