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Symbolic Capital
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Definition: Symbolic rather than genuine worth or power. Often accrued through use of language features associated with those with genuine worth/power, whether a standard variety, or a local variety that has economic worth (perhaps to tourists interested in the local culture).
Source: American English, second edition by Walt Wolfram and Natalie Schilling-Estes
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