eye dialect meaning
ENWEye dialect
- Eye dialect is the use of nonstandard spelling for speech to draw attention to an ironically standard pronunciation. The term was coined by George P.
- The term is less commonly also used to refer to pronunciation spellings, that is, spellings of words that indicate that they are pronounced in a nonstandard way.
- The rest of this article will discuss the former definition. See pronunciation spelling for the latter.
- NounPLeye dialectsSUF-lect
- (uncountable) Nonstandard spellings that indicate a standard pronunciation, deliberately used by an author to indicate that the speaker uses a nonstandard or dialectal speech.
- (countable) A set of such nonstandard spellings, collectively used to reflect a certain form of speech.
- (uncountable) Nonstandard spellings that indicate a standard pronunciation, deliberately used by an author to indicate that the speaker uses a nonstandard or dialectal speech.
Definition of eye dialect in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this idiom "eye dialect" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum.