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Dialects

Scope Note: 
Special varieties within a language distinguished by differences in vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar but not sufficiently different to be regarded as separate languages
Category: Language and Speech
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Broader Terms
Language Variation
Languages
Narrower Terms
Black Dialects
Nonstandard Dialects
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Accents (Dialects)
Bidialectalism (2004)
Dialect Interference
Geographic Dialects (2004)
Regional Dialects (2004)
Social Dialects (2004)
Related Terms
Dialect Studies
Language
Language Classification
Language Usage
Linguistics
Mutual Intelligibility
Native Speakers
North American English
Sociolinguistics
Added to ERIC: 7/1/1966