Dialect Flashcards

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Definition- A special variety of a language:

Example- Jim: “We’s safe, Huck, we’s safe! Jump up and crack yo’ heels. Dat’s de good ole Cairo at las’, I jis knows it.”
Huck: “I’ll take the canoe and go see, Jim. It mightn’t be, you know.”

More information- The literary dialect is usually taken as the standard language.

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Dialect

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