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11 Cards in this Set
- Front
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What is a dialect
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-a particular form of language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group
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British and American English
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-vocabulary differences
-pronunciation diffreences -systematic changes (Caught vs. cot) |
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regional dialect tests
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-syntax
-pronunciation |
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regional vocabulary
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-U.S regional dialects
-not everybody from a region has all of the regional dialect features -some people try and hide their accents |
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sociolects
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-a dialect that is shared among members of a certain social group
-people can have influence form more than one sociolect at once -sociolects are often switched in different situations -can also be affected by a group that you want to be in |
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your idolect
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-language that is particular to you
-specific meanings you give your phrases -individual set of speech organs can change the way your speech sounds |
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language is like
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-a fractal
-keeps expanding, never repeats -you see larger patterns first -find more structures and patterns and keeps going in this manner |
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Mutual intelligiability
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-speakers of one language can understand a speaker of another related language
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asymmetrical mutual intelligibility
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-speakers of one language have an easier time than speakers of te other
-sometimes only in writing/ sometimes only in language |
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language is born when
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-2 dialects grow more and more apart
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calling something a language or dialects is
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-a political choice, not a linguistic one
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