DIALECT


Meaning of DIALECT in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

local

The narrator uses the local dialect where necessary.

Many of the campesinos were illiterate; some spoke only their local dialects .

These latter services must, to be effective, use local languages and dialects and have a high local-interest content.

The information will be collected through collaborative teacher-pupil classroom projects on local dialect .

new

There is a small literature on new dialect acquisition; it must be said that not a great deal is known about it.

However, Trudgill also shows that different speakers may follow different routes towards complete acquisition of a new dialect .

other

As I have already said, there are other dialects too, all of which are equally effective.

regional

It contrasts with regional dialects in its wide intelligibility and in the official recognition accorded it.

Especially in large urban areas, a particular linguistic feature of a regional dialect might well be influenced by social factors.

The changes in the languages as seen on television reflect its higher status and the loss of regional dialects .

They scrutinize recorded songs to determine whether regional dialects exist among those of the same species.

It has been shown that there are as many as 10 major regional dialect areas.

■ VERB

speak

We all speak the Yorkshire dialect here, but of course you don't understand that.

Many of the campesinos were illiterate; some spoke only their local dialects .

He just went to the pagoda until he met some one who spoke his dialect .

use

But Wordsworth does not use any dialect expression, so that this difficulty need not be exaggerated.

The narrator uses the local dialect where necessary.

These latter services must, to be effective, use local languages and dialects and have a high local-interest content.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

"Nowt" is a northern dialect word meaning "nothing".

a dialect of Arabic

At home, they speak in dialect .

He spoke a dialect of French that I found hard to understand.

In some Yorkshire dialects, people say "spice" instead of "sweets" or "candy".

In this region, the dialect sounds a lot like German.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A dialect is a form of a language, and every form of any language is a dialect of it.

But dialect features are not errors in this sense at all, but are characteristics of a pupil's native language.

But Wordsworth does not use any dialect expression, so that this difficulty need not be exaggerated.

Information was clearly presented, including the follow-up procedures, with translation into the patient's dialect when necessary.

Many of the campesinos were illiterate; some spoke only their local dialects.

Such a personal dialect or variety is usually termed an idiolect.

Warning: Viewers may have trouble understanding some characters' dialects.

You have a wonderful, happy combination of the northern dialects!

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