Summary
Dialects 1. Dialects Every person has a unique way of speaking, called an idiolect. The language used by a group of speakers is a dialect. The dialects of a language are the mutually intelligible forms of that language that differ in systematic ways from each other. Dialects develop because languages change, and the changes that occur in one group or area may differ from those that occur in another. Regional dialects and social dialects develop for this reason. Each version of the language is referred to as a regional dialect. Some differences in U.S. regional dialects may be traced to the dialects spoken by colonial settlers from England. The study of regional dialects has produced dialect atlases , with dialect maps showing the areas where specific dialect characteristics occur in the speech of the region. A boundary line called an isogloss delineates each area. · Phonological and Lexical Differences Dialect differences include phonological or pronunciat
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