Dialect Flashcards
1
Q
What is dialect ?
A
A variety of languages shared by a group of people usually defined in terms of region and or ethnicity
2
Q
Other meanings of dialect
A
A language variety spoken by a speech community that is different from other varieties of that same language.
3
Q
Who is a idiolect
A
The speech variety of an individual speaker
4
Q
Factors contributing to variation
A
Social situation, occupation, age, geography, education, gender, social status/ class , ethnicity
5
Q
Dialects are determined by -
A
Geographically, socially, politically
