## Dialect


Every literal token of the CANE surface form. [ENGLISH](ENGLISH.md#cane_format.ENGLISH) is the default.


Usage

``` python
Dialect(
    *,
    header="Entities:",
    empty="NONE",
    quote_open="`",
    quote_close="`",
    copula_singular="is",
    copula_plural="are",
    articles=("a", "an"),
    anchor_intro="found in",
    part_connective="and",
    anchor_connective="and",
    record_separator="\n",
    handle_prefix="T"
)
```


## Attributes


`header: str`  
First line of every non-empty output.

`empty: str`  
The whole output when there are no entities.

`quote_open: str`  
Delimiter opening a part or anchor.

`quote_close: str`  
Delimiter closing a part or anchor.

`copula_singular: str`  
Verb for one part (`is`).

`copula_plural: str`  
Verb for several parts (`are`).

`articles: tuple[str, …]`  
Accepted articles; the formatter ([dumps](dumps.md#cane_format.dumps)) always writes the first.

`anchor_intro: str`  
Phrase introducing the anchors (`found in`).

`part_connective: str`  
Joins parts (`and`).

`anchor_connective: str`  
Joins anchors (`and`).

`record_separator: str`  
Separates records.

`handle_prefix: str`  
Prefix of record handles (`T` as in `T1`).