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    A dialect is a variety of a language that has distinctive features of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation that distinguish it from other varieties of the same language. Dialects are generally divided into two types: regional dialects and social dialects. Regional dialects develop as a result of geographical barriers that prevent communication between different regions, allowing changes to occur independently. Social dialects are differentiated based on social factors like class and education level. The study of dialects led to the creation of dialectology as a separate field focused on studying geographical distribution and differences between dialects.

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    A dialect is a variety of a language that has distinctive features of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation that distinguish it from other varieties of the same language. Dialects are generally divided into two types: regional dialects and social dialects. Regional dialects develop as a result of geographical barriers that prevent communication between different regions, allowing changes to occur independently. Social dialects are differentiated based on social factors like class and education level. The study of dialects led to the creation of dialectology as a separate field focused on studying geographical distribution and differences between dialects.

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    A dialect is a variety of a language that has distinctive features of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation that distinguish it from other varieties of the same language. Dialects are generally divided into two types: regional dialects and social dialects. Regional dialects develop as a result of geographical barriers that prevent communication between different regions, allowing changes to occur independently. Social dialects are differentiated based on social factors like class and education level. The study of dialects led to the creation of dialectology as a separate field focused on studying geographical distribution and differences between dialects.

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    A dialect is a variety of a language that has distinctive features of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation that distinguish it from other varieties of the same language. Dialects are generally divided into two types: regional dialects and social dialects. Regional dialects develop as a result of geographical barriers that prevent communication between different regions, allowing changes to occur independently. Social dialects are differentiated based on social factors like class and education level. The study of dialects led to the creation of dialectology as a separate field focused on studying geographical distribution and differences between dialects.

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    Dialect

    A dialect is a variety of a spoken language having specific linguistic features of vocabulary,


    grammar, and pronunciation that distinguish it from other varieties of the same language. The
    word comes from the Ancient Greek dialektos “conversation, language, local speech,” which is
    derived from dialegesthai “to converse, talk.” The term is applied most often to regional speech
    patterns, but a dialect may also be defined by other factors, such as social class. Thus, from a
    broader perspective, a dialect is a distinct form of a language that is characteristic of a particular
    region or a particular social class or profession. From this point of view dialects are generally
    divided into two types:

    Regional dialects
    The most extensive type of dialectal differentiation is geographic or regional. Geographically,
    dialects are the result of settlement history. Such dialects develop primarily as a result of limited
    communication between different parts of a community due to various geographical barriers,
    such as mountain ranges and rivers. Under such circumstances, changes that take place in the
    language of one part of the community do not spread elsewhere. Thus, in communities between
    which communication is difficult, differences in dialect can develop. Such distinctive varieties are
    usually called regional dialects of the language.
    Linguists observed that language keeps on changing places to places. And at one moment such
    situation occurs when people don’t find any similarity with the main language. This is
    called dialect continuum.

    The study of linguistic geography shows that the distribution of dialects is strongly associated
    with the topography of the landscape. The study of regional dialect is a vast issue, as such
    linguists found it largely difficult to study it only within sociolinguistics. They felt that a separate
    field is needed. So they created a separate discipline named dialectology. They created a map
    to show the geographical distribution of language varieties. They tried to show the difference
    among dialects with a boundary. This boundary is known as isogloss.

    Social dialects
    Another important axis of differentiation is that of social strata. In many localities, dialectal
    differences are connected with social classes, educational levels, or both. More highly educated
    speakers and, often, those belonging to a higher social class tend to use more features
    belonging to the standard language, whereas the original dialect of the region is better preserved
    in the speech of the lower and less educated classes. In large urban centres, innovations
    unknown in the former dialect of the region frequently develop. Thus, in cities the social
    stratification of dialects is especially relevant and far-reaching, whereas in rural areas, with a
    conservative way of life, the traditional geographic dialectal differentiation prevails. It should be
    noted that social dialects are studied by the sociologists rather than the sociolinguists.

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