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What is a dialect?
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A language variation that may have its own unique phonologic, semantic, morphologic, syntactic, and pragmatic characteristics.
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What is an accent?
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Variation is speech sound production and rhythm and intonation of speech (prosody)
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What are the (10) regionally based dialects on American English?
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Northwest, Southwest, South, North Central, Central Midland, Appalachia, Western Pennsylvania, Middle Atlantic, NY City, Eastern New England
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What is Motherese?
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a form of communication mothers use when they talk to their infants, and is a form of register
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What are registers?
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Variations in language use that depend on speaking situations (e.g., motherese, formal, informal, teenlects, genderlect)
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What is African American English (AAE), also known as Black English, Black English Vernacular, Black dialect, and Ebonics?
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a variation of the English language. It is a product of geographic, social, and cultural factors. AAE has its own morphologic, syntactic, phonologic, and pragmatic rules.
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What is the second most common language in the USA?
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Spanish
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What is code switching?
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Mixing back and forth between first and secondary languages.
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