dialect
21dialect — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ local, native, regional ▪ rural, urban ▪ non standard ▪ northern, southern …
22dialect — [[t]da͟ɪ͟əlekt[/t]] dialects N COUNT: also in N A dialect is a form of a language that is spoken in a particular area. In Italy in the fifties, the number of Italians who spoke only local dialect was enormous... They began to speak rapidly in… …
23dialect — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. language, tongue; vernacular, idiom, argot, patois, jargon, cant. See speech. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. idiom, accent, vernacular, patois, slang, jargon, argot, cant, lingo*, pidgin, creole; see also… …
24dialect */ — UK [ˈdaɪəlekt] / US [ˈdaɪəˌlekt] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms dialect : singular dialect plural dialects linguistics a way of speaking a language that is used only in a particular area or by a particular group …
25dialect — di•a•lect [[t]ˈdaɪ əˌlɛkt[/t]] n. 1) ling. a variety of a language distinguished from other varieties by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary and by its use by a group of speakers set off from others geographically or socially 2) ling.… …
26dialect — See vernacular. See vernacular, dialect …
27dialect — [16] The notion underlying dialect and its relatives dialectic [14] and dialogue [13] is of ‘conversation’. They come ultimately from Greek dialégesthai ‘converse’, a compound verb formed from the prefix dia ‘with each other’ and légein ‘speak’… …
28dialect — [16] The notion underlying dialect and its relatives dialectic [14] and dialogue [13] is of ‘conversation’. They come ultimately from Greek dialégesthai ‘converse’, a compound verb formed from the prefix dia ‘with each other’ and légein ‘speak’… …
29Dialect levelling — is the means by which dialect differences decrease. For example, in rural areas of Britain, although English is widely spoken, the pronunciation and grammar have historically varied. During the 20th century people have been moving into towns and… …
30Dialect (programming language) — Dialect is an interpreted programming language created initially by George Harth as a college compilers class project. The base interpreter was then expanded at Aristar, Inc. by George and Greg DeLozier. Dialect is now Open Source and resides at… …
