1) Accent 2) Argot 3) Brooklynese 4) Cajun or Cockney 5) Cajun or Creole 6) Cajun, to French 7) Citadel lingo 8) Colloquial speech 9) Distinct variety of language 10) Form of language 11) French word used in English 12) Idiom 13) Language 14) Language unique to a locale 15) Language variant 16) Language variety
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1) Accent 2) Argot 3) Idiom 4) Jargon 5) Language 6) Lingo 7) Patois 8) Tongue
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The term dialect (from the ancient Greek word διάλεκτος diálektos, `discourse`, from διά diá, `through` and λέγω legō, `I speak`) is used in two distinct ways. One usage—the more common among linguists—refers to a variety of a language that is a characteristic of a particular group of the language`s speakers. The term...
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[computing] A dialect of a programming language is a (relatively small) variation or extension of the language that does not change its intrinsic nature. With languages such as Scheme and Forth, standards may be considered insufficient, inadequate or even illegitimate by implementors, so often they will deviate from the standard, making a n...
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• (n.) 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. • (n.) Means or ...
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variety of speech differing from the standard or literary language and characterised by local vocabulary, constructions or pronunciations
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a variety of a language. The word comes from the Ancient Greek dialektos `discourse, language, dialect,` which is derived from dialegesthai `to ... [15 related articles]
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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 l...
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The language of a particular district, class, or group of persons. The term dialect encompasses the
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Di'a·lect noun [ French
dialecte , Latin
dialectus , from Greek ..., from ... 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...
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Dialect refers to which particular words are chosen, which can either be from the vocabulary (i.e. lexicon) of the Standard English dialect or from, for example, a vocabulary of a specific regional area for example, the word 'bread roll' has a number of different names in different parts of the country such as 'cob', 'bap'.…
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A dialect is a particular variety of a language spoken by a group united by region, class etc. It is usually seen nowadays as a matter of different vocabulary or grammar rather than of accent. Note
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[
n] - the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
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dialect 1. Manner of speaking, language, speech; especially a manner of speech peculiar to, or characteristic of, a particular person or class; phraseology, idiom. 2. One of the subordinate forms or varieties of a language arising from local peculiarities of vocabulary, pronunciation, and idiom. 3. Any form of speech considered a deviation from re...
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A geographic cluster of similar vocalizations (bird song, human speech, or the sounds of other animals) that is a consequence of those vocalizations being learned. Dialects may exist over very small or very large areas, depending on the details of dispersal and learning.
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a nonstandard way of speaking; may be related to region, class, trade, etc.
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a form of speech peculiar to a district, class, or person
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A dialect is a variety of a language used in a particular area and which is distinguished by certain features of grammar or vocabulary. Examples of such features in some English dialects are: non-standard subject + verb patterns, eg I knows, you was, he like past tense forms, eg I done, I seen various individual words and expressions, eg owt/nowt ...
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idiom noun 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`; `it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy`
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Variation of a spoken language shared by those in a particular area or a particular social or ethnic group. The term is used to indicate a geographical area (`northern dialects` or `Brooklyn dialect`) or social or ethnic group (`African-American dialect`). Geographically, dialects are the result of settlement histo...
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a regional variety of a language; Central
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a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically or socially. · a provincial, rural, or socially distinct variety of a language that differs from the standard language, es...
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A traditional term referring to a variety of a language spoken in a certain place. There are urban and rural dialects. The boundaries between dialects are always gradual. The term dialect is used to denote a geographically distinct variety of a language. Two major points in this connection should be noted: 1) 'dialect' does not refer to the social ...
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[TEKS ELAR vocabulary] the usage or vocabulary characteristic of a group of people
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