Dialects

Question 1

accent

Answer 1

difference in sound pronunciation
stress, rhythm, intonation

Question 2

type of accents

Answer 2

regional
foreign

Question 3

dialect

Answer 3

variety of a language used by members of a group

Question 4

Regional variation

Answer 4

differences of vocab, grammar, pronunciation

Question 5

are all dialects a result of regional differences?

Answer 5

no

Question 6

what can a dialect be a result of?

Answer 6

economic or social factors

Question 7

diversity of dialects

Answer 7

decline as you move westward with most of the west similar to midland

Question 8

types of dialects

Answer 8

regional
social/ethnic

Question 9

register

Answer 9

style of speech adjusted to the listener we are talking to

Question 10

types of registers

Answer 10

formal/informal
child/adult

Question 11

what kind of situations is the ability to shift registers important in?

Answer 11

social/pragmatic

Question 12

idiolect

Answer 12

personal dialect
each and every person has their own dialect

Question 13

idiolect can be altered by

Answer 13

speech history
degree of speech control
perceived view of how we sound

Question 14

general American

Answer 14

neutralized type of dialect
used in tv/radio, education, business

Question 15

eastern american

Answer 15

most use (aw) sound
found in New England, nyc, middle Atlantic states, western pa

Question 16

southern american

Answer 16

drop /r/ in fork
reduce dipthongs
found in south central, southern, appalachian

Question 17

African American vernacular english

Answer 17

non-regional social dialect
combination of creole modified by southern american
may include: final consonant cluster deletion, final stop deletion