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Things dialect often describes ("dialect ________")
- atlas
- diversity
- divisions
- studies
- distribution
- coach
- criterion
- study
- surveys
- determinism
- associations
- writers
- leveling
- features
- levelling
- notes
- contours
- diet
- differences
- recognition
- humor
- contact
- atlases
- poems
- speech
- influence
- words
- variation
- convergence
- poetry
- maps
- testing
- dictionaries
- origins
- grammar
- constituents
- forms
- plays
- writing
- stories
- songs
- mixture
- acquisition
- clash
- chaining
- barriers
- research
- variations
- perception
- death
- names
- independent
- diction
- ica
- borrowing
- readers
- identity
- cluster
- geography
- formation
- differentiation
- change
- map
- groups
- verse
- survey
- typology
- poets
- classification
- dictionary
- mapping
- awareness
- geographers
- tales
- boundaries
- ballads
- literature
- areas
- texts
- speakers
- word
- stylization
- input
- interference
How dialect often is described ("________ dialect")
- regional
- chinese
- english
- distinct
- swiss
- creole
- modern
- spanish
- popular
- mandarin
- corrupt
- sub
- vulgar
- bavarian
- turkish
- viennese
- west
- mixed
- rude
- egyptian
- western
- germanic
- northumbrian
- italian
- rough
- semitic
- indian
- archaic
- common
- spoken
- scottish
- black
- particular
- tuscan
- african
- eastern
- northern
- peculiar
- dutch
- north
- german
- arabic
- own
- sicilian
- doric
- gullah
- venetian
- aramaic
- irish
- russian
- ionic
- neapolitan
- tribal
- cantonese
- distinctive
- scotch
- nonstandard
- attic
- barbarous
- native
- rustic
- colloquial
- rural
- pure
- urban
- literary
- french
- provincial
- greek
- strange
- southern
- soft
- standard
- local
- roman
- ancient
- broad
