DIALECT

DIALECT

• a regional or social variety of language
• a way of speaking that differs from the standard language

DIALECT IS DISTINGUISHED BY:

• Pronounciation
• Grammar
• Vocabulary

AMERICAN DIALECT

• New England, Southern, and Western/General American
• 24 or more American Dialects

STANDARD AND NON-STANDARD

• Standard is written or spoken
• Bad or incorrect language

DIALECTS VS. LANGUAGES

• Measured by mutual intelligibility

Example:
Feels About Lennie - He says " Lennie can be a god damn nucence but hes good to travel with" (Steinbeck 41). Feels about himself (George) - " If i was able I could live so easy" (Steinbeck 36). Often thinks about his life and how it could be different.

DIALECT REVEALS

• That they are not wealthy
• Could not afford an education.
• Speak often in slang

Works cited
Feels About lennie - He says " Lennie can be a god damn nucence but hes good to travel with" (Steinback 41).


feels about himself (George) - " If i was able I could live so easy" (Steinbeck 36).
Often thinks about his life and how it could be different.

Steinbeck, John, Of Mice Of Men, New York, Penguin Publishing Group,1978

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