LING 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: Dialect Continuum, Isogloss, Dialect
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In this chapter, we investigate aspects of language variation based on where that language is used, as a way of doing linguistic geography. The standard language standard language: the variety of a language treated as the of cial language and used in public broadcasting, publishing, and education. It is the variety we normally try to teach those who want to learn english. The version found in printed english in newspapers and books. We all speak with an accent aspects of pronunciation that identify where a speaker is from, in contrast to dialect aspects of the grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation of a variety of a language. Dialectology dialectology distinguishes between two different dialects of the same language and two different languages. It is important to recognize, from a linguistic point of view, that none of the varieties of a language is inherently better than any other. From a social point of view, however, some varieties do become more prestigious.
