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dialect [dī′əlekt] a variation of spoken language different from other forms of the same language in pronunciation, syntax, and word meanings. A particular dialect is usually shared by members of an ethnic group, socioeconomic group, or people living together in a geographic area. dialect How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It covers normal speech sound articulation, normal phonological development, factors related to the presence of phonological disorders, the assessment and remediation of phonological disorders, phonology as it relates to language and dialectal variations and phonological awareness. A painting of a hillside landscape reflects an almost dialectal relation between the lone figure therein and the profusion of nature that surrounds him: Either the bushes and blooms are diminishing the figure, or they are mere contingency, the manifestation of his own imagination. Otherwise, for example, the Qur'an would not originally have been revealed in Arabic with dialectal and foreign lexicographical influence. |
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