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OpenStudy (chosenmatt):

Which sentence contains an example of dialect? A. "'One at a time, one at a time,' laughed Dr. Livesey." B. "Now, I tell you, Hawkins: if you like, I'll take you along." C. "'Now, then, if Jim is agreeable, we'll open the packet'; and he laid it before him on the table." D. "'Search him, some of you shirking lubbers, and the rest of you aloft and get the chest,' he cried."

OpenStudy (alexandervonhumboldt2):

A regional or social variety of a language distinguished by pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary, especially a variety of speech differing from the standard literary language or speech pattern of the culture in which it exists: wingspanney is a dialect of English.

OpenStudy (alexandervonhumboldt2):

The language used by the people of a specific area, class, district or any other group of people. The term dialect involves the spelling, sounds, grammar and pronunciation used by a particular group of people and it distinguishes them from other people around them. Dialect is a very powerful and common way of characterization, which elaborates the geographic and social background of any character.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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OpenStudy (lizz123):

D."Search him, some of you shirking lubber, and the rest of you aloft and get the chest,' he cried." A dialect is a way someone talks specific to a certain area.

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