dialect

(noun)

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.

Related Terms

Examples of dialect in the following topics:

  • Dialect and Vocal Variety

    • Some of the more common dialects are as follows:
    • What dialect do you speak?
    • Are you currently living in your native dialect area?
    • Since there are so many dialects of English, it is difficult to say that one dialect is better than another.
    • All dialects have communicative value within the particular dialect community; it is when the person moves out of their home dialect community that they may encounter negative evaluation.

  • Kongo

    • The group is identified largely by speaking a cluster of mutually intelligible dialects rather than by large continuities in their history or even in culture.
    • Nkondi (plural minkondi, zinkondi or nkondi with mi-concords, according to dialect) religious objects , frequently called "nail fetishes" because users often hammered nails into them, were made by the Kongo people of West Central Africa.
    • Nkondi, like other minkisi, are constructed by religious specialists, called nganga (plural nganga, also zinganga and banganga according to dialect).

  • Cognitive and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies

    • The category refers to behavior therapy, cognitive therapy, and therapies based on a combination of basic behavioral and cognitive principles and research, including dialectical behavior therapy.
    • Modern forms of CBT include a number of diverse but related techniques such as exposure therapy, stress inoculation training, cognitive processing therapy, cognitive therapy, relaxation training, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), which is discussed in more detail below.
    • Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a form of psychotherapy that was originally developed to treat people with borderline personality disorder (BPD).

  • Language and colors

    • In India, there are over 200 different dialects, and a similar situation exists in China.

  • The Hittites

    • These were written either in the Semitic Mesopotamian Akkadian language of Assyria and Babylonia, the diplomatic language of the time, or in the various dialects of the Hittite confederation.
    • The Bronze Age Hittite and Luwian dialects evolved into the sparsely attested Lydian, Lycian and Carian languages.

  • Fang and Kota

    • The language has several dialects, which include: Ndambomo, Mahongwe, Ikota-la-hua, Sake, Menzambi, Bougom.
    • Some of these dialects themselves include regional variations of some kind.

  • Social Constructivism Vignette

    • The group decided to present their act in a Cajun dialect.
    • Growing up in New Orleans, Henry was very familiar with the Cajun dialect and culture, so he and Nia joined forces in writing a script for the puppet show.

  • Cultural Values

    • In India, there are over 200 different dialects.
    • Language - People with similar dialects, accents, and vocabulary can form a subculture.

  • Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism

    • An example of cultural relativism might include slang words from specific languages (and even from particular dialects within a language).

  • Weber's View of Stratification

    • Weber criticized the dialectical presumption of proletariat revolt, believing it to be unlikely.