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How to pronounce “dialect”
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Pronunciation guide for dialect
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of dialect with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Talking Back, Talking Black
problem in school was that their home dialect was
- Definition summary
- (linguistics, strict sense) A lect (often a regional or minority language) as part of a group or family of languages, especially if they are viewed as a single language, or if contrasted with a standardized idiom that is considered the 'true' form of the language (for example, Bavarian as contrasted with Standard German).
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How to pronounce dialect
Talking Back, Talking Black
problem in school was that their home dialect was
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “dialect”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (linguistics, strict sense) A lect (often a regional or minority language) as part of a group or family of languages, especially if they are viewed as a single language, or if contrasted with a standardized idiom that is considered the 'true' form of the language (for example, Bavarian as contrasted with Standard German).
- (linguistics, broad sense) A variety of a language that is characteristic of a particular area, community, or social group, differing from other varieties of the same language in relatively minor ways as regards grammar, phonology, and lexicon.
- (derogatory) Language that is perceived as substandard or wrong.
- (colloquial, offensive) A language existing only in an oral or non-standardized form, especially a language spoken in a developing country or an isolated region.
- (computing, programming) A variant of a non-standardized programming language.
- (ornithology) A variant form of the vocalizations of a bird species restricted to a certain area or population.
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