Dialectal Differences: African-American English as a Case Example
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| Dialect | a variety of speech characterized by its own particular grammar or pronunciation, often associated with a particular geographical region
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| Standard American English (SAE) | This is the version of the English language that is regarded as the model in America for writers and speakers who are considered educated.
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| African-American English (AAE) | Dialect of some African American communities characterized by certain pronunciations, idioms, and grammatical constructions different from those of Standard English.
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| Speech Community | a group of people sharing a given language or dialect
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| Language Deficits | Implies unacceptible use or deficiencies in use of language.
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| Language Differences | Relates to different ways of speaking English, with no implication made regarding levels of acceptability, capabilites of speakers, or the superiority of one dialect over another
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| Communicative Contexts | Situation in which communication is taking place; may be physical location or include identity and characteristics of the listener
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| Street Register | Relaxed manner of talking to peers at school and on the street
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| School Register | More formal manner of talking used when addressing authority figures in the school environment
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| Vernacular | everyday language
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| Dialectal Continuum | Range of features of a dialect that may be incorporated into everyday speech
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| Dialect Importation | Two dialects in close gographical proximity borrowing from one another, so that there is a mutual influence on the dialects
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| Bidialectalism | the ability to speak two or more dialects and to switch easily between or among them.
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