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Aesthetics: Diction Hill dialect

Parent Term

  • Diction

Sibling Terms

  • "Is" / "Was" to refer to present or past
  • Accent
  • African American vernacular dialect
  • Derogatory socio-economic term
  • Double entendre
  • Ethnic slur
  • Imitation
  • Malapropism
  • Misogynistic wording
  • Native American languages
  • Neologism
  • Northern dialect
  • Racist term
  • Rural vernacular
  • Southern dialect
  • Stereotypical Jewish accent
  • Western vernacular

Tagged Events

"The Old People", 204 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Squatting | Verbal›Talking
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious | Past›Old days
Relationships: Friendship›Racial
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Hill dialect | Diction›Native American languages
Go Down, Moses, 163 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Ethnicity›Native American | Race›Chickasaw
Relationships: Friendship›Male-male relationship | Social›Isolation
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Hill dialect
The Town, 357 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity
Themes and Motifs: Community›Opinion | Futility
Relationships: Marital›Adultery
Aesthetics: Diction›Hill dialect | Figures of Speech›Simile | Figures of Speech›Weaponry imagery