PDF-Dialects: Regional Varieties of English

Regional Varieties of English Language Varieties.  . Hughes A., . Trudgill. P. .. ,. . English Accents and Dialects . (An Introduction to Social and Regional Varieties of English in the British Isles). , Fourth Edition. ; Hodder Arnold: 2005. http://sounds.bl.uk/Sound-Maps/UK-Soundmap/full-screen. 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. Every . language has a lot of variation, especially in the way it is spoken. . If we . just look at English, we find widespread variation in the way it is spoken in . different countries . such as . Australia, Britain . August 26, 2011. Americanisms & . Filipinisms. Americanisms. “Take your seats…”. “Take out a quarter sheet of paper.”. “Please switch papers.”. “See you later!”. American English. What is happening in this sentence? Is it English?. After . changing baby Jane’s nappy, he put on a jumper, put her in the push chair and walked to the postbox. . Distinguishing . between Languages . Lecture (2) . Outline . languages and dialects. Variety of language. Distinction between language and dialect . Regional dialects:. Regional variation . Distinction . between dialect and patois. Dialect boundaries. Dialects and “Proper” Usage. All but the very smallest language communities show . dialect variation. . Dialect differences involve . all aspects of language. . – syntax, lexicon, morphology, phonology, etc.. Based on most extreme vowel positions. Cardinal vowels. Based on most extreme vowel positions. e.g. cardinal [i] is most closed and most front vowel possible. Any more closure results in turbulence. Voiced, palatal, fricative [. Dialects and “Proper” Usage. All but the very smallest language communities show . dialect variation. . Dialect differences involve . all aspects of language. . – syntax, lexicon, morphology, phonology, etc.. A . language . variety where . users . regional . /. . s. ocial. . background appears in . their. . use of . vocabulary . &. . grammar. . DIALECT. T. he . features of pronunciation (the . speech. ,4 dctailed topographical sun ey of thc half of the District of Columbia is now nearing com- pletion, the results of wllicll are to be published in atlas form on a scale of four hundred feet to the i Ethnic Name More dialects exist in Shan St ate Kachin Jinpaw Rawang Lisu Maru Karen/ Kayin Sgaw Pwo Karenni / Kayah Kayah Kayaw Padawng/ Kayen Bamar Burmese Chin/ Zomi Tedim/Zomi Zo/Zomi Teizang 2020 & MANAGEMENT TIPS 2 2020 RICE VARIETIES & MANAGEMENT TIPS 2020 Rice Varieties & Management Tips This publication handles information likely to become dated in a short time, such as changes i dialects from 1800 to the present. 1. Studying . speech community types: contact, network, time. Paul Kerswill. Historical Sociolinguistics Network. Leiden, 2016. Plan (can always be changed …). Studying speech community types: contact, network,...