Dialects

Dialects

1. Regional Dialect.

   • Accents.
     • Regional phonological or phonetic distinctions are often referred to as different accents.
       • Phonological differences
         • The pronunciation of British English (or many dialects of it) differs in systematic ways from pronunciations in many dialects of American English
       • Syntactic differences.
         • Dialects can also be distinguished by systematic syntactic differences. In most American dialects, sentences may be conjoined.
       • Lexical differences.
         • Regional dialects may differ in words people use for the same objects, as well as in phonology.
       • Dialect Atlases.
         • The dialectologists who created the map noted the place where speakers use one word or another word for the same item.

2. Social Dialects.

   • Standard American English.
     • SAE is a dialect of English that many Americans nearly speak. It is an idealization because SAE is not precisely.
       • SAE is a dialect of English that many Americans nearly speak. It is an idealization, because SAE is not defined precisely.
   • African American English.
     • This dialect is spoken by a large population of American of African descent; also variously called African American Vernacular English(AAVE), Black English (BE), Inner City English(ICE), and Ebonics.
   • Latino (Hispanic) English.
     • Large numbers of immigrants from Spanish-speaking countries of South and Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean islands have created a dialect called Chicano English(ChE).