In four separate paragraphs of about 100 words each write about: Dialects, Sociolects, Idiolects, and Register. Support you notes with examples.
Gabriel Farrugia Ms. Maria Mifsud
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LINGUISTICS
In four separate paragraphs of about 100 words each write about: Dialects, Sociolects, Idiolects, and Register. Support you notes with examples.
Dialect-A variety of a language, spoken in one part of a country (regional dialect), or by people belonging to a particular social class (social dialect or sociolect), which has some different words, grammar (specifically morphology and syntax), and/or pronunciation from other forms of the same language. In morphology (word formation), for example, in Mancunian English the word “barm cake” means “bread roll” and is not widely understood outside Greater Manchester. Grammar is another aspect in which dialects may differ. In Standard English, a speaker would say: “I was standing at the bus stop”. In many Northern English dialects this is often rendered as: “I was stood at the bus stop”. On the level of vocabulary, examples of dialectal differences include American English ‘subway’, contrasting with British English ‘underground’; and corn, which means “maize” in the United States, Canada, and Australia, “wheat” in England, and “oats” in Scotland. Nevertheless, while dialects of the same language differ, they still possess a common core of features. A dialect is often associated with a particular accent. Sometimes a dialect gains status and becomes the standard vareity of a country.
