Both Uses
dialect
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David Copperfield
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- I knew this meant, in our local dialect, like two young thrushes, and received it as a compliment.†
Chpt 1-3 *dialect = regional variety of a language
- A Beein' signifies, in that dialect, a home, and to fisherate is to provide.†
Chpt 49-51
Definitions:
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(1)
(dialect) a regional variety of a languageA dialect can use a different accent, vocabulary, and grammar than other dialects of the same language.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)