Example sentences for: dialect

How can you use “dialect” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • From the perspective of a professor of English at a noted American university (Michigan), Richard Bailey, a former president of the American Dialect Society who has long been active in English linguistics and associated with lexicography, has provided a historical view of the development of the language that concludes with a realistic assessment of its present position among the languages of the world.

  • Compilers (and publishers) of such works would be well advised to have any AE material thoroughly checked by those in the know, for it is almost impossible to derive accurate information about a given dialect save from those who are steeped in it.

  • The Merriam-Webster Unabridged says bumfuzzle is an "alteration of English dialect, 'dumfoozle' and 'dumfound.

  • A native of Oaxaca, he only spoke an Indian dialect called Triqu i.

  • The entry also emphasizes the lack of uniformity of style of the book, with the dialect locales of some entries shown as italicized labels alongside the headword, of others associated with specific senses, and of others buried somewhere in the text.


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