Language, dialect and accent

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language, dialect and accent

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Index

3- Accent 3.1- Regional accents

2- Dialect 2.1- Types of dialects

4- Comparations 4.1- Accent vs dialect 4.2- Language vs dialect

1- Language 1.1- Sociolinguistics 1.2- Types of language 1.3- Register 1.4- Linguistic levels

Language

What is the language?

The language is a structured system of communication. Several functions: Properties: Other: There are between 5000 and 7000 languages in the world. The science that studies language is called linguistics

Communication

Expression of identity

Imaginative expression

Emotional release

Productivity and displacement

Rely on social convention and learning

Language is the expression of ideas by means of speech-sounds combined into words. Words are combined into sentences, this combination answering that of ideas into thoughts

Henry Sweet

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Sociolinguistics

What is sociolinguistic?

Sociolinguistics are the sociological studies of the language It focuses on:

The aspect of society, including cultural norms, expectations, and context, on the way language is used

Society's effect on language

He don't know nothing or He doesn't know anything

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Types of language

Types of language

Natural language Artificious language

According to the level of naturalness:

Oral language

Verbal language

Written language

According to the communicative element used:

Non verbal

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Register

What is a register?

A variety of language used for a particular purpose or in a particular communicative situation. Depending on the place our discourse takes place, we will take into account:

Rules of correct language use

The use of words considered as non-standard

Frozen

Formal

Types of registers according to Martin Joos:

Consultative

Casual

Intimate

Martin Joss

What is a register?

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Linguistic levels

Types of linguistic levels

Within the study of a language, there are different linguistic levels which play a fundamental role in the study of the language:

Phonology: The level of sounds

Morphology: The level of words

Syntax: The level of sentences

Semantics: The level of meaning

Pragmatics: The level of how context influence in the meaning

Dialects

What is a dialect?

A dialect is a variety of a language that signals where a person comes from. The notion is usually interpreted: Dialect are usually formed:

Regional dialect

Class dialect

Occupational dialect

Around particular regions. And used within certain groups of people.

Example of dialect: A Northern American might say, “hello.”

A Southern American might say, “howdy.”

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Types of dialects

Examples of types of dialects

Types of dialects:

Regional Dialect: Is the distinct form of a standard or common language, that could be geographically from a province, rural spaces or in some cases also specific to a social grou

Ethnic dialect: Is the distinct form of a language spoken by members of a particular ethnic group

Sociolect: A variety of a language used by a particular social group

Accent: An accent is simply how one pronounces words. A style of pronunciation

Accent

What is the accent?

Accent is a syllable or word that stands out from the others when spoken The emphasis on the accented syllable relative to the unaccented syllables may be realized through: Accent has various domains:

Greater length

Greater loudness

Higher or lower pitch

A changing pitch contour

The word

The phrase

And the sentence

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REGIONAL ACCENTS UK AND USA

Examples of accents in UK and USA

-Brummie- From midlands city of Birmingham

-Cockney- From the east end of London

UK accents:

-Yorkshire- From Leeds, York and Sheffield

-Scottish- From Scotland

-Southern Accent

-New Yorker Accent

USA accents:

-Bostonian Accent

-Northern Accent

comparations

Comparison between concepts

A dialect is considered the way a group of people pronounce a language An accent only refers to how a language is pronounced by either a person or a group of people Language is the method of human communication, either spoken or written Dialect is a particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group

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accent vs dialect

Accent vs Dialect

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LANGUAGE VS dialect

Language vs Dialect

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