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Brewer's: Dialectics
Metaphysics; the art of disputation; that strictly logical discussion which leads to reliable results. The product or result is ideas, which, being classified, produce knowledge; but all…dialect
(Encyclopedia) dialect, variety of a language used by a group of speakers within a particular speech community. Every individual speaks a variety of his language, termed an idiolect. Dialects are…Brewer's: Doric Dialect
The dialect spoken by the natives of Doris, in Greece. It was broad and hard. Hence, any broad dialect. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Doric LandDoric A B…sociolinguistics
(Encyclopedia) sociolinguistics, the study of language as it affects and is affected by social relations. Sociolinguistics encompasses a broad range of concerns, including bilingualism, pidgin and…Barnes, William
(Encyclopedia) Barnes, William, 1801–86, English poet and philologist. After a career as a schoolmaster, he took holy orders in 1847. He is best known for his poems in Dorset dialect, which began to…Hebel, Johann Peter
(Encyclopedia) Hebel, Johann PeterHebel, Johann Peteryōˈhän pāˈtər hāˈbəl [key], 1760–1826, German short-story writer and dialect poet. Editor of Der rheinländische Hausfreund [Rhineland home…Black English
(Encyclopedia) Black English, distinctive dialect spoken at times by as many as 80% to 90% of African Americans; also called ebonics [from ebony and phonics]. Long considered merely substandard…Gullah
(Encyclopedia) GullahGullahgŭlˈə [key], a creole language formerly spoken by the Gullah, an African-American community of the Sea Islands and the Middle Atlantic coast of the United States. The word…Skeat, Walter William
(Encyclopedia) Skeat, Walter William, 1835–1912, English scholar and philologist. Skeat took holy orders in 1860, but illness cut short his church career. At Cambridge he served as a lecturer in…Bell, John Joy
(Encyclopedia) Bell, John Joy, 1871–1934, Scottish author. He wrote a number of humorous stories and plays, frequently in dialect, of life in Glasgow, but is best remembered for his story Wee…Trending
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