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Dialect:AppendixFDialect–variationsinspeechandlanguagepatternsacrossgroupsofpeople.SpeechCommunities•SetofrulesforuseoflanguageDialects•Variations–so“mutuallyintelligible”•Dialect–impactsALLcomponentsoflanguage•Variationsinphonology–calledaccents.•Accents–includedifferencesinarticulationandprosody.•Examplefrombook–greasy(northvs.south),red(Easterndialect),idea(Easterndialect)Dialect&Culture•Acculturation–culturalassimilation.Acquisitionofcharacteristicsofanotherculturalgroup.Characteristicsinclude:•Languageuse•Dress•Hairstyle•Etc.Typesofdialects•Regional•Social–Appalachian,SouthernWhiteNon-StandardEnglish,NorthernWhiteNon-StandardEnglish•ForeignAAE•Seepage398.•ChangesinMandFconsonants•VandVL“th”replaced(toof/tooth)•/r/and/l/deleted•Voicedstops–devoicedandvowellengthened(pIkfor“pig”)•/m/and/n/deletedandreplacedbynasalvowelChangesininitialphonemes,syllables,andinitialblends•Liquidsoftendroppedfrominitialblends•Certainconsonants(wandd)omittedinspecificwords;final/r/deleted•Unstressedsyllablesdropped•WordinitialinterdentalfricativesreplacedbystopsDeletionoffinalconsonantsandclusters•Finalconsonantisdroppedinfinalclusters•Variabledeletionofcertainconsonants,includingl,b,p,d,t,g,k.