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.
dialect, idiom, accent(noun) the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people. the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English; he has a strong German accent; it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy. stress, emphasis, accent(noun) the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)