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Phonetic -Chapter2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Language | System of communication whereby speakers and hearers, using a set of internalized operations, can relate sound and meaning. |
| Dialect | A variation of a language that may result from isolation of one form or another. |
| Bidialectal | A person who uses two dialects appropriately. |
| Foreign dialects or accents | Not the result of isolation, rather the result of linguistic transfer. |
| Linguistic transfer | The influence that our native language has on the way we speak our second language. |
| Major Regional Dialect Areas | Pacific Northwest, Pacific Southwest, Central Plains, North Central, South Central, Southern |
| Major Dialects of American English | General American, Eastern American, Southern American, African American |
| Register | Style of speech adjusted to the percieved needs of the listener (child register, adult register, formal register, informal register) |
| Register adjustment | Loudness, intonation, level of vocabulary |
| Idiolect | Speech form characteristic of a single individual; the result of the speech history of an individual |