The ship's manifest log, that had been filled out back at the port of embarkation, contained the immigrant's name and his/her answers to twenty-nine questions. This document was used by the legal inspectors at Ellis Island to cross-examine the immigrant during the legal (or primary) inspection.
A dialect is distinguished by its vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation (phonology, including prosody). Where a distinction can be made only in terms of pronunciation (including prosody, or just prosody itself), the term accent may be preferred over dialect.he term is applied most often to regional speech patterns, but a dialect may also be defined by other factors, such as social class.
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) of, characteristic of, or limited to a region: the regional dialects of English. 2. (Physical Geography) of, characteristic of, or limited to a region: the regional dialects of English. reâ¢gionâ¢al. adj. 1. of or pertaining to a region of considerable extent; not merely local. 2. of or pertaining to a particular region, area, or part, as of a country or the body.