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Dialect

Dialect Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dialect? [n] the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Dialect: accent \| idiom Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dialect: Acadian \| accent \| Anglo-Indian \| argot \| brogue \| Brooklynese \| bundle of isoglosses \| burr \| Cajun \| Canadian French \| cant \| choice of words \| class dialect \| Cockney \| composition \| dialect atlas \| dialect dictionary \| dialectal \| diction \| expression \| formulation \| French Canadian \| grammar \| Gullah \| idiom \| idiomatic \| isogloss \| jargon \| language \| langue \| lingo \| lingua \| linguistic atlas \| linguistic community \| linguistic island \| local \| local dialect \| localism \| locution \| Midland \| Midland dialect \| New England dialect \| parlance \| parole \| patois \| patter \| Pennsylvania Dutch \| personal usage \| phrase \| phraseology \| phrasing \| pidgin \| pronunciation \| provincial \| provincialism \| regional \| regional accent \| regionalism \| rhetoric \| slang \| speech \| speech community \| subdialect \| talk \| tongue \| usage \| use of words \| usus loquendi \| verbiage \| vernacular \| wordage \| wording \| Yankee \| Yorkshire See Also \| non-standard speech \| patois Dialect In Webster's Dictionary \Di"a*lect\, n. [F. dialecte, L. dialectus, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to converse, discourse. See {Dialogue}.] 1. Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech. This book is writ in such a dialect As may the minds of listless men affect. Bunyan. The universal dialect of the world. --South. 2. The form of speech of a limited region or people, as distinguished from ether forms nearly related to it; a variety or subdivision of a language; speech characterized by local peculiarities or specific circumstances; as, the Ionic and Attic were dialects of Greece; the Yorkshire dialect; the dialect of the learned. In the midst of this Babel of dialects there suddenly appeared a standard English language. --Earle. [Charles V.] could address his subjects from every quarter in their native dialect. --Prescott. Syn: Language; idiom; tongue; speech; phraseology. See {Language}, and {Idiom}.

Dialect Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dialect?

[n] the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dialect: accent | idiom

See Also | non-standard speech | patois

Dialect In Webster's Dictionary

\Di"a*lect\, n. [F. dialecte, L. dialectus, fr. Gr. ?,
fr. ? to converse, discourse. See {Dialogue}.]
1. Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue;
   form of speech.

         This book is writ in such a dialect As may the minds
         of listless men affect. Bunyan. The universal
         dialect of the world.                 --South.

2. The form of speech of a limited region or people, as
   distinguished from ether forms nearly related to it; a
   variety or subdivision of a language; speech characterized
   by local peculiarities or specific circumstances; as, the
   Ionic and Attic were dialects of Greece; the Yorkshire
   dialect; the dialect of the learned.

         In the midst of this Babel of dialects there
         suddenly appeared a standard English language.
                                               --Earle.

         [Charles V.] could address his subjects from every
         quarter in their native dialect.      --Prescott.

Syn: Language; idiom; tongue; speech; phraseology. See
     {Language}, and {Idiom}.

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