PPT-Understanding “dialect”

Activity In your small group please discuss the following questions Be prepared to share with your classmates What does the term dialect mean How many different dialects can you name. Introduction. Every language will have more than one variety, especially in the way in which it is spoken. This variation in speech is an important and well-recognized aspect of our daily lives as language-users in different regional and social communities. This chapter considers the type of variation which has been investigated via a form of ‘linguistic geography’, concentrating on regional varieties.. Fadi Biadsy. April 12. th. , 2010. 1. Outline. Problem . Motivation. Corpora. Framework for Language Recognition. Experiments in Dialect Recognition . Phonotactic Modeling . Prosodic Modeling. Acoustic Modeling. Building Background for. Their Eyes Were Watching God. Local Color Literature. Brief Overview:. Focuses on the characters, dialect, customs, and other features particular to a specific region.. 1865-1895. We Speak Unique:. Folk Linguistic Perceptions and Attitudes of Dialect in Japan. Introduction: Research Area. Perceptual Dialectology. Dialect in Japan. Perceptual vs. Production . Based-Data. “Dialect Identity”. That Annoying . L. ittle . M. ark of Punctuation That Causes So Much Fuss and Makes People Want to Stop Writing and Jump Off a Ledge Because Nobody Knows How to Use it Correctly Even Though It Is as Clear As Day.. K.T.KHADER. IUG-GAZA. Language variation. No . two speakers of a language . speak exactly . the same way. No individual speaker speaks the . same way . all the time. Language Varieties. Language variety refers to the various forms of language triggered by social factors.. English Literature, Language & Linguistics. The Talk of the Toon. DECTE is funded by:. The Diachronic Electronic Corpus of Tyneside English. Dialect Word Puzzle. Can you work out the dialect words from their meanings?. DEPARTMENT OF PHILOLOGY. The Consonants of the (western) Cretan Dialect. A Phonetic and Phonological Analysis. Administrative details. Research Grant, ref. number. : 3493. Funded by: . UoC. Research Committee. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called. Huckleberry Finn. ," . Ernest Hemingway. Mark Twain (1835-1910). How is language connected to culture?. Provides a basis for communication. It shapes identity. Reflects a relationship with place. Language is . situational. and . flexible. It is dynamic, changes. Language vs. dialect. Dialects and Accents. Phonetic Variation. Poll Everywhere. https://www.polleverywhere.com/. Phonetic Variation. Accent. Spoken by non-native speakers. Reflects normal influence of native phonological and phonetic system. E.g. English spoken in Hawaiian accent/dialect.. Every language is spoken in many variations. E.g. America English – British English – Australian English. Also there exists a range of varieties in different parts of these countries.. in Mark Twain’s . “Huckleberry Finn”. Romanticism in Huck Finn. "Romanticism," as a term, derives from "romance," which from the Medieval Period (1200-1500) and on simply meant a story (e.g. all the chivalric, King Arthur legends) that was adventurist and improbable . An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. : Ronald . Wardhaugh. Overview. Important Terms:. VARIETY. LANGUAGE. DIALECT. Dialect geography, isoglosses, boundaries, and continuum. VERNACULAR. PATOIS. KOINE.