The phrase "a dialect with a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a specific characteristic or feature of a dialect.
Example: "The linguist studied a dialect with a unique set of phonetic rules that distinguished it from the standard language."
Alternatives: "a dialect featuring a" or "a dialect possessing a".
As linguists know, a language is a dialect with an army.
Speaking of the decline of pan-Arabism, it's likely that the inability of Arabs to move around the region, speak naturally and be easily understood is a big reason they do not always feel themselves to be one.There's a saying among linguists that "a language is a dialect with an army and a navy".
The Adventure of English by Melvyn Bragg Sceptre £8.99, pp 354 'A language is a dialect with an army and navy.' This well-worn saw of sociolinguistics underlies Melvyn Bragg's The Adventure of English, which he originally intended to entitle The Triumph of English, before being told this was too, well, triumphant.
As the linguist Max Weinreich said, a language is a dialect with an army and a navy; the US has been an independent country for more than two centuries – and boasts the world's most powerful examples of both.
Perhaps the most famous quotation by any linguist is standardly attributed to Max Weinreich (1945): 'A shprakh iz a dialekt mit an armey un flot'A('A language is a dialect with an army and navy'; he actually credits the remark to an unnamed student).
There is no clear distinction between a language and a dialect, notwithstanding a famous aphorism attributed to linguist Max Weinreich that "a language is a dialect with an army and navy".
And on the Prospero blog, we delve further into the nuances of what distinguishes a language from a dialect, with special attention to Mandarin and Cantonese.
My greatest fear about "O Pioneers!" was that I would see and hear acting and music that insisted on old-time Americana and regionalism: Western musical motifs that were just a bit hokey; Swedish dialect with a fixed lilt that made everyone using it sound precious and look diminutive.
The buyer's representative spoke the local dialect with a strong mainland Chinese accent and appeared to be spending money earned on the mainland, a Henderson representative said.
