noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
local
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The narrator uses the local dialect where necessary.
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Many of the campesinos were illiterate; some spoke only their local dialects .
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These latter services must, to be effective, use local languages and dialects and have a high local-interest content.
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The information will be collected through collaborative teacher-pupil classroom projects on local dialect .
new
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There is a small literature on new dialect acquisition; it must be said that not a great deal is known about it.
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However, Trudgill also shows that different speakers may follow different routes towards complete acquisition of a new dialect .
other
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As I have already said, there are other dialects too, all of which are equally effective.
regional
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It contrasts with regional dialects in its wide intelligibility and in the official recognition accorded it.
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Especially in large urban areas, a particular linguistic feature of a regional dialect might well be influenced by social factors.
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The changes in the languages as seen on television reflect its higher status and the loss of regional dialects .
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They scrutinize recorded songs to determine whether regional dialects exist among those of the same species.
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It has been shown that there are as many as 10 major regional dialect areas.
■ VERB
speak
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We all speak the Yorkshire dialect here, but of course you don't understand that.
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Many of the campesinos were illiterate; some spoke only their local dialects .
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He just went to the pagoda until he met some one who spoke his dialect .
use
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But Wordsworth does not use any dialect expression, so that this difficulty need not be exaggerated.
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The narrator uses the local dialect where necessary.
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These latter services must, to be effective, use local languages and dialects and have a high local-interest content.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Nowt" is a northern dialect word meaning "nothing".
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a dialect of Arabic
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At home, they speak in dialect .
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He spoke a dialect of French that I found hard to understand.
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In some Yorkshire dialects, people say "spice" instead of "sweets" or "candy".
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In this region, the dialect sounds a lot like German.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A dialect is a form of a language, and every form of any language is a dialect of it.
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But dialect features are not errors in this sense at all, but are characteristics of a pupil's native language.
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But Wordsworth does not use any dialect expression, so that this difficulty need not be exaggerated.
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Information was clearly presented, including the follow-up procedures, with translation into the patient's dialect when necessary.
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Many of the campesinos were illiterate; some spoke only their local dialects.
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Such a personal dialect or variety is usually termed an idiolect.
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Warning: Viewers may have trouble understanding some characters' dialects.
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You have a wonderful, happy combination of the northern dialects!