Dialect: meaning, examples, and the influence of its variety on the social environment.

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At this time I will explain and give examples related to dialects.

So what is a dialect in general definations that you know?

A dialect is a regional or social variety of a language distinguished by pronunciation, grammar, and/or vocabulary. The study of dialects is known as dialectology or sociolinguistics. The term dialect is often used to characterize any way of speaking that differs from the standard variety of a language which is largely considered to be dialect-free. With that said, few people actually speak the standard variety and most language represents a dialect. 

«A dialect is a variety of English which is associated with a particular region and/or social class. »

and to find out more about dialect, let us consider the following material.

What is Dialect?

A dialect refers to a branch of a language. Within this branch, different terms are used for different things.

Dialects are usually formed around particular regions. However, they may also be used within certain groups of people.

For example, in The United States, there is a particular dialect in the Southern states. Within that Southern dialect, however, there may be subgroups who speak yet another dialect.

*Foods are the most common terms to change within a dialect. What one dialect might call shrimp, another might call crawfish or crawdads.*

Different dialects exists in American English, and in all areas of spoken English. There are dialects for each region, in fact. Even if the particular peoples of that region do not think they speak in a dialect, they probably do.

Some of the more pronounced American regional dialects are the Northeastern (East Coast) and Southern dialects.

Someone from the East Coast might say, “What’s poppin’?” A Southern American would understand this, but would probably never say it.

Someone from the South might say,” How’r y’ll?” A Northeastern American would understand this, but probably never say it.

Example of Dialect in Literature:

Dialect is used commonly in literature. An author may elect to use dialect if he or she wants to represent the characters well. In order to do so, the author will write dialogue specific to the region of the character.

Authors want their characters to seem genuine; therefore, they must write dialogue between characters in such a way as they would speak it.

George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion does this well. A Cockney girl is “adopted” by a well-to-do gentleman who tries to change both her dialect and hear accent to Standard British English.

For many, this play is difficult to read because the Cockney is only specific to that region. However, if the play work not written with the Cockney dialect, it would not be effective at all.

The concept of dialect is a linguistic variety unique to a specific geographical area or used by members of a particular social class. 

To sum up, a dialect is a type of language spoken by a specific area or group of people. 

The dialect is far wider and much more accentuated. Most dialects have their own accents with them, but there are more than mere variations in pronunciation.