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Definition of Localisms
1. localism [n] - See also: localism
Lexicographical Neighbors of Localisms
Literary usage of Localisms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Composition and Rhetoric for Schools by Robert Herrick, Lindsay Todd Damon (1905)
"localisms.—Every section of the country has local expressions—called localisms—so
widely used within that section that to the unwary they seem national. ..."
2. Talking Business by John Mantle Clapp, L. N. Andres (1919)
"They use localisms, and slang, but ain't, hadn't went, I seen him, haven't saw,
are less frequent than with us. If you are troubled with these errors in ..."
3. The Ecclesiologist by Ecclesiological Society (1850)
"ARCHITECTURAL localisms, AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE CHURCHES OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AND
LEICESTERSHIRE. A Paper read before the Oxford Architectural Society, ..."
4. Lessons in English by Chestine Gowdy, Lora M. Dexheimer (1913)
"CHAPTER VI SECTION I. localisms 1. Explanation. When we say that an expression
is correct, ... These mistakes are called localisms, or provincialisms. 2. ..."
5. Language for Men of Affairs (1919)
"They use localisms, and slang, but ain't, hadn't went, I seen him, haven't saw,
are less frequent than with us. If you are troubled with these errors in ..."
6. The English Spy: An Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous by Charles Molloy Westmacott (1826)
"... Writers—The New Bubble Companies — Project Extraordinary — Prospectus in Rhyme
of the Life, Death, Burial, and Resurrection Company—Lingual localisms of ..."
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