All 3 Uses of
dialect
in
Gulliver's Travels
- But I have since found that the sea Yahoos are apt, like the land ones, to become newfangled in their words, which the latter change every year; insomuch, as I remember upon each return to my own country their old dialect was so altered, that I could hardly understand the new.†
Chpt Intr. *
- At length one of them called out in a clear, polite, smooth dialect, not unlike in sound to the Italian: and therefore I returned an answer in that language, hoping at least that the cadence might be more agreeable to his ears.†
Chpt 3
- The horse neighed three or four times, and I waited to hear some answers in a human voice, but I heard no other returns than in the same dialect, only one or two a little shriller than his.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
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(dialect) a regional variety of a languageeditor's notes: A dialect can use a different accent, vocabulary, and grammar than other dialects of the same language.