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Dialect vs. Accent
Dialect
/ˈdaɪəlekt/Examples:
The play features a mix of dialects from different regions.Her strong dialect made her speech hard to understand.Linguists study dialects to preserve languages.
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This word has no antonymsAccent
/ˈæksənt/Examples:
She spoke slowly-she had the accent of South Carolina.You've got to get rid of that Boston accent."He speaks English fluently with no accent.
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This word has no antonymsWays to tell them apart:
- An dialect is a broader linguistic concept concerning a particular form of language that includes vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation distinct to a specific region or group, while an accent refers primarily to pronunciation.
- Dialect involves differences in grammar and lexical usage, whereas accent only involves differences in pronunciation.
- You can think of dialect as the type of language you speak, whereas an accent is how you sound when you speak it.
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