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The reason that you can tell the difference between people from Boston and the Appalachians, or between London and Manchester is because each group of people has a different way of pronouncing the same words. In other words, accent is all about sound. ... It is likely that when you speak in the dialect of a particular region,
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Dialect is regional variety of a language, with differences in vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation. Accent is how you pronounce the words or how the words sound. For instance if you said "My hommie has popped a cap in his ***" ...
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A dialect is a version of the language that usually not intelligible if you don't know it. Usually many words and pronunciation will be different. An American can understand a British person except for maybe a few words. Chinese has many di...
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An accent refers to the phonetic and phonological distinctions between language varieties.
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#1 (permalink) Wed Jan 26, 2005 6:27 am Difference between dialect and accent ... He spoke the language in a regional dialect, which made it impossible for me to understand him. Correct answer: (d) dialect; Your answer was: incorrect; He spoke the language in a regional accent, which made it impossible for me to...
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The difference between accent and dialect seems relatively simple to describe: accent consists of pronunciation; dialect consists of grammar, words and their meanings, and pronunciation. [Graddol 1996, p. 270]
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How to Understand the Difference Between Accents and Dialects. Most people are familiar with the New York accent, the Boston accent and the Southern accent. However, the term "accent" really refers only to pronunciation. ... eHow Article: How to Understand the Difference Between Accents and Dialects ... British Accent: The Long O...
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American and British English differences - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is one of a series of articles about the differences between American English and British English , which, for the purposes of these articles , are defined as follows: • American English ...
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