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• dialect — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ local, native, regional ▪ rural, urban ▪ non standard ▪ northern, southern …   Collocations dictionary

• dialect — noun /ˈdɑɪ.ə.ˌlɛkt/ a) A variety of a language (specifically, often a spoken variety) that is characteristic of a particular area, community or group, often with relatively minor differences in vocabulary, style, spelling and pronunciation. A… …   Wiktionary

• dialect — (n.) 1570s, form of speech of a region or group, from M.Fr. dialecte, from L. dialectus local language, way of speaking, conversation, from Gk. dialektos talk, conversation, speech; also the language of a country, dialect, from dialegesthai… …   Etymology dictionary

• dialect — /duy euh lekt /, n. 1. Ling. 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… …   Universalium

• Dialect continuum — Linguistics …   Wikipedia

• Speak Mandarin Campaign — The Speak Mandarin Campaign (SMC; zh sp|s=讲华语运动|p=jiǎng huáyǔ yùndòng)is an initiative by the government of Singapore to encourage Singapore s Singaporean Chinese population to speak Mandarin, one of the four official languages of Singapore. The… …   Wikipedia

• Dialect — This article is about dialects of spoken and written languages. For dialects of programming languages, see Dialect (computing). For the literary device, see Eye dialect. The term dialect (from the Greek Language word dialektos, Διάλεκτος) is used …   Wikipedia

• dialect — n. 1) to speak (in) a dialect 2) a local, regional; social; standard dialect * * * [ daɪəlekt] regional social standard dialect a local to speak (in) a dialect …   Combinatory dictionary

• speak — verb 1 have a conversation ADVERB ▪ briefly ▪ We spoke briefly on the phone. ▪ at length ▪ hardly ▪ Ben hardly spoke to me all evening …   Collocations dictionary

• dialect — di|a|lect [ˈdaıəlekt] n [U and C] [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: dialecte, from Greek dialektos conversation, dialect , from dialegesthai to talk to someone ] a form of a language which is spoken only in one area, with words or grammar that… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• dialect — [[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… …   English dictionary