Dialects

Dialects

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  Introduction This presentation consistsin some of the most relevant aspects related with dialects. It contains all the elements that contribute in the development process of a dialect. DIALECTS
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  Dialects are mutuallyintelligible forms of a language that differ in systematic ways. DEFINITION
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  A dialect isnot an inferior or degraded form of a language, and logically could not be so because a language is a collection of dialects. DIALECTS
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  All English speakerscan talk to each other and be understood. However not two of them speak exactly alike. Word choice, pronunciation of the words, and grammatical rules are affected by some factors like age, sex, social situation, when and how the language was learned. DIALECTS
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  Each version ofa language is referred to as a regional dialect when various linguistic differences are accumulate in a particular geographic region. REGIONAL DIALECTS
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  Regional dialects maydiffer not only in their pronunciation but also in their lexical choices and grammatical rules. REGIONAL DIALECTS
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  Speech of non-nativespeakers, who have learned a language as a second language. Regional phonological o phonetic distinctions. ACCENTS
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  Accent refers tothe characteristic of speech that convey information about the speaker’s dialect, which may reveal in what country or in what part of the country the speaker grew up, or to which sociolinguistic group the speaker belong. ACCENTS
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  Regional dialects maydiffer in the words people use for the same object, as well as in phonology. LEXICAL DIFFERENCES
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  Dialect Areas: theconcentrations defined by different word usages and varying pronunciation, among other linguistic differences. Isogloss: a line draw on a map to separate the dialects areas. DIALECT ATLASES
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  Dialect differences thatseem to come about because of social factor. There are regional aspects to social dialects, clearly, social aspects to regional dialects, so the distinction is not entirely cut and dried. SOCIAL DIALECTS
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  Many people talkand think about a language as if it were a well-defined system with various dialects diverging from this norm. This is false, although it is a falsehood that is widespread. THE “STANDARD”
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  Prescriptive grammarians, or languagepurists, usually consider the dialect used by political leaders and national newscasters as the correct form of the language. LANGUAGE PURISTS
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  SAE refers tothe standard or prestige dialect of English, that many Americans nearly speaks. STANDARD AMERICAN ENGLISH (SAE)
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  The aim ofthe languages purists is to prevent languages differentiation because of their false belief that some languages are better that others. BANNED LANGUAGES
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  Many dialects like;Cajun English and French in Louisiana, Korean in Japan, Sing language in many countries including USA, have been banned based on the wishes of languages purists. BANNED LANGUAGES
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  The AAE isspoken by a large population of Americans of African descent. The distinghishing features of this English dialect persist for social, educational, and economic reasons. AFRICAN AMERICAN ENGLISH
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  A major groupof American English dialects is spoken by native Spanish speakers or their descendants. There are also those born in Spanish- speaking homes whose native language is English, some of whom are monolingual, and others who speak Spanish as a second language. LATINO (HISPANIC) ENGLISH
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  It is acquiredas a first language by many children, making it the native language of hundreds of thousands, if not millions of Americans. It is not English with a Spanish accent but, like AAE, a mutually intelligible dialect that differs systematically from SAE. CHICANO ENGLISH