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1227:) status, predominance or prevalence, or all of the above. The term "dialect" used this way implies a political connotation, being mostly used to refer to low-prestige languages (regardless of their actual degree of distance from the national language), languages lacking institutional support, or those perceived as "unsuitable for writing". The designation "dialect" is also used popularly to refer to the unwritten or non-codified languages of developing countries or isolated areas, where the term "
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1974:, or French speaker than with an Italian or Sicilian speaker. Meanwhile, a Sicilian-speaking person would have a greater degree of mutual intelligibility with a speaker of the more closely related Neapolitan language, but far less mutual intelligibility with a person speaking Sicilian Gallo-Italic, a language that developed in isolated Lombard emigrant communities on the same island as the Sicilian language.
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2163:. According to these claims, the differences were few and caused by the conquest of western Ukraine by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. However, in reality the dialects in Ukraine were developing independently from the dialects in the modern Russia for several centuries, and as a result they differed substantially.
867:. According to this definition, two varieties are considered dialects of the same language if (under at least some circumstances) they would defer to the same authority regarding some questions about their language. For instance, to learn the name of a new invention, or an obscure foreign species of plant, speakers of
800:: two varieties are said to be dialects of the same language if being a speaker of one variety has sufficient knowledge to understand and be understood by a speaker of the other dialect; otherwise, they are said to be different languages. However, this definition has often been criticized, especially in the case of a
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Macedonian is simply a dialect of Bulgarian – which is really a way of saying, of course, that they feel Macedonia ought to be part of Bulgaria. From a purely linguistic point of view, however, such arguments are not resolvable, since dialect continua
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Italian languages are mutually unintelligible varies, often correlating with geographical distance or geographical barriers between the languages; some regional Italian languages that are closer in geographical proximity to each
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There are three geographical zones in which Arabic is spoken (Jastrow 2002). Zone I is categorized as the area in which Arabic was spoken before the rise of Islam. It is the
Arabian Peninsula, excluding the areas where southern Arabian was spoken. Zone II is categorized as the areas to which Arabic
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is defined as a central variety together with a collection of varieties whose speakers can understand the central variety at a specified threshold level (usually between 70% and 85%) or higher. It is not required that peripheral varieties be understood by speakers of the central variety or of other
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Italian among the less educated conscripted soldiers, as these men, who had been speaking various regional languages up until then, found themselves forced to communicate with each other in a common tongue while serving in the Italian military.
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Sociolinguists agree that in such situations the decision as to whether a particular variety of speech constitutes a language or a dialect is always based on political, rather than linguistic criteria (Trudgill 1974:15). A language, in other words, can be defined "as a dialect with an army and a
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The extent to which the dialects are spoken varies according to a number of factors: In
Northern Germany, dialects are less common than in the South. In cities, dialects are less common than in the countryside. In a public environment, dialects are less common than in a familiar environment.
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and based on social, political, cultural, or historical considerations or prevalence and prominence. In a similar way, the definitions of the terms "language" and "dialect" may overlap and are often subject to debate, with the differentiation between the two classifications often grounded in
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should be considered "a kind" of
English or a different language. This creole is spoken in the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica (Central America) by descendants of Jamaican people. The position that Costa Rican linguists support depends upon which university they represent. Another example is
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dialects are the default everyday language in virtually every situation, whereas standard German is only spoken in education, partially in media, and with foreigners not possessing knowledge of Swiss German. Most Swiss German speakers perceive standard German to be a foreign language.
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status of a non-national language to the country's single official language. In other words, these "dialects" are not actual dialects in the same sense as in the first usage, as they do not derive from the politically dominant language and are therefore not one of its
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class, comes to be identified as the "standard" or "proper" version of a language by those seeking to make a social distinction and is contrasted with other varieties. As a result of this, in some contexts, the term "dialect" refers specifically to varieties with low
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Italian speakers and decreased the number of speakers of other languages native to Italy, Italians in different regions have developed variations of standard Italian specific to their region. These variations of standard Italian, known as
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with the latter, "dialects" under this second definition are separate languages from the standard or national language. Under this definition, the standard or national language would not itself be considered a dialect, as it is the dominant language in terms of
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is only used for the traditional regional varieties. That allows them to be distinguished from the regional varieties of modern standard German. The German dialects show a wide spectrum of variation. Some of them are not mutually intelligible.
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that do not always give hints to their pronunciation. Although the written characters have remained relatively consistent for the last two thousand years, the pronunciation and grammar in different regions have developed to an extent that the
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A geographical/regional dialect may be termed a regiolect (alternative terms include 'regionalect', 'geolect', and 'topolect'). According to this definition, any variety of a given language can be classified as "a dialect", including any
585:; published grammars, dictionaries, and textbooks that set forth a normative spoken and written form; and an extensive formal literature (be it prose, poetry, non-fiction, etc.) that uses it. An example of a standardized language is the
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as a central variety together with all those varieties whose speakers understand the central variety at a specified threshold level or higher. If the threshold level is high, usually between 70% and 85%, the cluster is designated as a
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in the 1860s, Italian became the official national language of the new
Italian state, while the other ones came to be institutionally regarded as "dialects" subordinate to Italian, and negatively associated with a lack of education.
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will operate at different degrees of distance from the standardized written form. Some dialects of a language are not mutually intelligible in spoken form, leading to debate as to whether they are regiolects or separate languages.
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Dialect in Arabic (spoken North African languages) are sometimes considered more different from other Arabic dialects. Officially, North African countries prefer to give preference to the
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group of languages and has some degree of mutual intelligibility with German, a Yiddish speaker would consult a Yiddish dictionary rather than a German dictionary in such a case, and is classified as its own language.
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arbitrary or sociopolitical motives. The term "dialect" is however sometimes restricted to mean "non-standard variety", particularly in non-specialist settings and non-English linguistic traditions. Conversely, some
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further encouraged the diffusion of the Florentine-Tuscan Italian throughout Italy and among the educated and powerful, though local and regional languages remained the main languages of the common people.
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that is a characteristic of a particular group of the language's speakers. The dialects or varieties of a particular language are closely related and, despite their differences, are most often largely
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to write Lebanese, thus further distinguishing it from Arabic. All Lebanese laws are written in the standard literary form of Arabic, though parliamentary debate may be conducted in Lebanese Arabic.
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with the latter. In this sense, unlike in the first usage, the national language would not itself be considered a "dialect", as it is the dominant language in a particular state, be it in terms of
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arbitrary or sociopolitical motives, and the term "dialect" is sometimes restricted to mean "non-standard variety", particularly in non-specialist settings and non-English linguistic traditions.
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have reserved the term "dialect" for forms that they believed (sometimes wrongly) to be purer forms of the older languages, as in how early dialectologists of English did not consider the
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Muljačić, Ž. (1997). The relationships between the dialect and the standard language. In M. Maiden, M. Maiden, & M. Parry (Eds.), The Dialects of Italy (1st ed.). essay, Routledge.
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intelligibility criterion to distinguish between languages and dialects, though mutuality may not be as relevant as initially thought. The requirement for mutuality is abandoned by the
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came to be a written language, and therefore it is recognized as a language, even though it is very close to the Lombardic alpine dialects and classical Latin. An opposite example is
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dialect and therefore mutually intelligible with differences found mostly in their respective local vocabularies and minor grammatical differences. Certain dialects of Serbia (
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as an autonomous variety in addition to all the varieties that are heteronomous with respect to it, noting that an essentially equivalent definition had been stated by
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Acculturation in the Philippines: Essays on Changing Societies. A Selection of Papers Presented at the Baguio Religious Acculturation Conferences from 1958 to 1968
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language—"everybody speaks a dialect". According to that interpretation, the criteria above merely serve to distinguish whether two varieties are dialects of the
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peripheral varieties. A minimal set of central varieties providing coverage of a dialect continuum may be selected algorithmically from intelligibility data.
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non-national language to the country's official language(s). Dialects in this sense do not derive from a dominant language, are therefore not one of its
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1650:(also known as "Intermediate Meridional Italian"), which encompasses not only
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2155:(or Polonized dialect) and not a language on its own (same concept as for
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are more or less mutually intelligible. For instance, a speaker of purely
1502:), in light of their distinctive historical development. Yet, most of the
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1591:, Italians from all regions were increasingly exposed to Italian. While
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3479:"Ethnic Protest and Social Planning: A Look at Basque Language Revival"
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Defenders of the Indigenous Languages of the Archipelago (2007).
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Perak, Benedikt; Trask, Robert; Mihaljević, Milica (2005).
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3274:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 311–341.
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of Islam and the language of the Islamic sacred book, the
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Despite this, these "dialects" may often be historically
365:, especially if geographically close to one another in a
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The more common usage of the term in English refers to a
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3236:
Benedikt Perak, Robert Trask, Milica Mihaljević (2005).
2852:(4th ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2010.
2850:
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
2331:
1701:(also known as "Extreme Meridional Italian"), including
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with respect to some other, often standardised, variety.
604:
The distinction between the "standard" dialect and the "
2702:
1930:, while being Romance in nature, is considered to be a
4406:. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 155–156.
3878:(1967). "'Abstand languages' and 'ausbau languages'".
3362:(in Polish). Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe. p. 24.
3291:(in Polish). Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe. p. 24.
1741:. Florentine thus gradually rose to prominence as the
711:" (vernacular) dialects of the same language is often
608:" (vernacular) dialects of the same language is often
4321:(2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp.
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and among some overseas Chinese communities, whereas
1092:"אַ שפּראַך איז אַ דיאַלעקט מיט אַן אַרמײ און פֿלאָט"
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1783:, the second most widespread family in Italy is the
1562:, stressed the importance of establishing a uniform
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if the speakers of the given language do not have a
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in 1960. A heteronomous variety may be considered a
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1346:traditionally names the major dialect groups after
926:of a language defined in this way. In these terms,
3548:
3265:
3263:
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1323:as their common prestige dialect used in writing.
3632:Tang, Chaoju; van Heuven, Vincent J. (May 2009).
1389:when Low German had strong tendencies towards an
1337:When talking about the German language, the term
691:. A dialect that is associated with a particular
683:. A dialect that is associated with a particular
385:, a dialect that is associated with a particular
377:. A dialect that is associated with a particular
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1582:of Italian men from all throughout Italy during
1510:, since most of them, including the prestigious
1482:to a varying degree (ranging from the currently
1422:) is most prevalent. Italy is in fact home to a
1350:from which they were assumed to have descended.
1158:
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898:is classified by linguists as a language in the
758:, which even, for a time, had its own ISO code.
4386:– Compilation of Dialects from around the globe
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2159:). That concepted was enrooted soon after the
2028:, although largely mutually intelligible with
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647:to make improvements to the overall structure.
557:Languages are classified as dialects based on
542:are known as cryptolects or cant, and include
4426:
4289:Phonological Theory and the Dialects of Italy
3687:
3685:
3412:Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society
3284:
2931:Peter G. Gowing, William Henry Scott (1971).
2066:and not merely a dialect thereof. During the
1270:Mesoamerican languages § Language vs. dialect
1248:refers to variations in pronunciation, while
1191:undertone and underlines the politically and
1097:A language is a dialect with an army and navy
1090:
744:A language is a dialect with an army and navy
436:undertone and underlines the politically and
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3410:Aveyard, Edward (2022). "What is Dialect?".
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3039:(6 ed.). Blackwell Publishing. p.
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2772:Wolfram, Walt and Schilling, Natalie. 2016.
2304:is still the most commonly-used language in
2122:The Books of Genesis of the Ukrainian Nation
1537:. However, all these languages evolved from
1490:Greek to the vigorous promotion of Germanic
886:In contrast, speakers in the Netherlands of
590:
346:refers to two distinctly different types of
60:. There might be a discussion about this on
3272:An Introduction to Language and Linguistics
3002:
2952:
2776:West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, p. 184.
1087:A shprakh iz a dialekt mit an armey un flot
617:Dialect as linguistic variety of a language
4440:
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4344:. Princeton University Press. p. 67.
4195:
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4191:
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2235:Varieties of Chinese § Classification
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4257:Profilo linguistico dei dialetti italiani
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3389:(in Polish). Wolters Kluwer. p. 32.
3318:(in Polish). Wolters Kluwer. p. 32.
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3035:A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics
2948:
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2774:American English: Dialects and Variation.
2324:as an important local language alongside
2172:Brotherhood of Saints Cyril and Methodius
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732:Difference between dialects and languages
663:Learn how and when to remove this message
80:Learn how and when to remove this message
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4313:Chambers, Jack; Trudgill, Peter (1998).
4275:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
3139:
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2032:and certain dialects of Serbo-Croatian (
1319:share the same writing system and share
1252:also encompasses specific variations in
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4186:
4132:, De Gruyter Mouton, pp. 851–896,
4126:"50. Arabic Dialects (general article)"
4026:
4020:
4004:"There's No Such Thing as a 'Language'"
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3793:
3430:Language Documentation and Conservation
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2881:Grande dizionario della lingua italiana
2861:
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1151:" is another. A more general term is "
428:, much of East Central Europe, and the
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3152:. Cambridge University Press. p.
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2941:
2088:In Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco, the
1627:, with the addition of some distantly
938:, these are described as languages by
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3808:Readings in the Sociology of Language
3509:
3383:Dąbrowska-Kardas, Małgorzata (2012).
3143:
3132:
3021:
2993:
2973:
2838:
2737:Oxford Living Dictionaries – English.
2645:), 'discourse', in turn derived from
2332:Selected list of articles on dialects
1946:other or closer to each other on the
1566:in order to better create an Italian
1234:
3355:
3312:Małgorzata Dąbrowska-Kardas (2012).
3111:
3102:
2953:Maiden, Martin; Parry, Mair (1997).
2921:
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2809:
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620:
561:. The dialects of a language with a
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2610:The word has multiple derivations:
1791:'s languages and dialects (such as
1231:" would be preferred by linguists.
1091:
489:" would be preferred by linguists.
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2937:. New Day Publishers. p. 157.
2883:, UTET, Torino, V. IV, pp.321–322.
883:, which is said to be autonomous.
14:
4706:
4366:
4267:(in Italian). Bologna: Il Mulino.
4168:"From dialect to variation space"
4124:Watson, Janet C.E. (2011-12-21),
3764:. SIL International. p. 17.
3516:Haugen, Einar (August 28, 1966).
1104:the army-navy aphorism is cited.
570:Standard and nonstandard dialects
400:The other usage, which refers to
3810:. De Gruyter. pp. 531–545.
3345:(in Serbo-Croatian). p. 81.
3242:(in Serbo-Croatian). p. 81.
3213:McWhorter, John (Jan 19, 2016).
2250:varieties of the spoken language
2228:
1424:vast array of separate languages
625:
299:
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4202:"Che lingua parla un italiano?"
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4029:Language: Its Structure and Use
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3986:
3970:Language Survey Reference Guide
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3762:Language Survey Reference Guide
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2805:from the original on 2010-06-12
2077:
1928:language indigenous to Sardinia
1676:Northern Calabrian or Cosentino
1607:. This wide category includes:
1578:In the early 20th century, the
1500:minoranze linguistiche storiche
979:Language Survey Reference Guide
810:Language Survey Reference Guide
512:) as well as in pronunciation (
4237:Piedmontese revolution of 1821
4002:McWhorter, John (2016-01-19).
3863:Chambers & Trudgill (1998)
3788:Chambers & Trudgill (1998)
3183:Johnson, David (27 May 2008).
3003:Fodde Melis, Luisanna (2002).
2730:
2604:
2223:Academy of Sciences of Moldova
2184:Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
1981:
1787:, spanning throughout much of
1107:
1:
4685:Language varieties and styles
4292:. John Benjamins Publishing.
4265:Dialetto, dialetti e italiano
4090:10.1525/aa.1966.68.4.02a00040
3968:Grimes, Joseph Evans (1995).
3760:Grimes, Joseph Evans (1995).
3535:10.1525/aa.1966.68.4.02a00040
3495:10.1525/can.1988.3.4.02a00030
3342:Temeljni lingvistički pojmovi
3239:Temeljni lingvistički pojmovi
3115:Language and Symbolic Systems
3087:10.1525/aa.1966.68.4.02a00040
2680:
2170:in Europe and efforts of the
1159:Colloquial meaning of dialect
964:Handbook of African Languages
952:Dialect and language clusters
944:(development) rather than by
4340:Danforth, Loring M. (1997).
4259:(in Italian). Bari: Laterza.
4079:New Series, Vol. 68, No. 4.
3739:10.1016/j.lingua.2021.103068
3650:10.1016/j.lingua.2008.10.001
3215:"What's a Language, Anyway?"
3118:. CUP archive. p. 130.
3076:New Series, Vol. 68, No. 4.
3007:. FrancoAngeli. p. 35.
2215:Moldovan–Romanian dictionary
1223:, social or political (e.g.
740:Abstand and ausbau languages
469:, social or political (e.g.
7:
4255:Loporcaro, Michele (2009).
4069:"Dialect, Language, Nation"
3880:Anthropological Linguistics
3700:. Routledge. pp. 2–3.
3698:The World's Major Languages
3696:. In Bernard Comrie (ed.).
3555:Anthropological Linguistics
3549:Fishman, Joshua A. (1969).
3518:"Dialect, Language, Nation"
3066:"Dialect, Language, Nation"
2571:Register (sociolinguistics)
2503:
2139:. In the 19th century, the
1486:displayed by Sardinian and
1263:
1062:, whose variations such as
847:Sociolinguistic definitions
478:"unsuitable for writing".
10:
4711:
3721:Tamburelli, Marco (2021).
3168:language standard dialect.
2893:Kamusella, Tomasz (2015).
2739:Retrieved 18 January 2019.
2661:
2647:
2633:
2232:
2197:
2112:
2081:
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1932:specific linguistic family
1407:
1330:
1284:
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1267:
1085:published the expression,
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765:
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589:which is supported by the
408:, in a few countries like
25:
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4449:
4138:10.1515/9783110251586.851
3816:10.1515/9783110805376.531
3477:Urla, Jacqueline (1988).
2704:Oxford English Dictionary
2492:Sri Lankan Tamil dialects
2133:Modern Ukrainian language
1998:). Both are based on the
1781:Italo-Dalmatian languages
1326:
1274:
591:
274:Sociocultural linguistics
4384:thedialectdictionary.com
4271:Posner, Rebecca (1996).
4027:Finegan, Edward (2007).
3692:Comrie, Bernard (2018).
3148:Language and Linguistics
2959:. Routledge. p. 2.
2597:
1848:Rhaeto-Romance languages
1617:Central Italian dialects
1403:
1120:language or dialects of
26:Not to be confused with
21:Dialect (disambiguation)
4695:Linguistics terminology
4403:Encyclopædia Britannica
4263:Marcato, Carla (2007).
4166:Danvas, Kegesa (2016).
4077:American Anthropologist
4073:American Anthropologist
3580:Simon J. Ortiz (1981).
3522:American Anthropologist
3356:Gala, Sławomir (1998).
3112:Chao, Yuen Ren (1968).
3074:American Anthropologist
3070:American Anthropologist
3031:Crystal, David (2008).
2753:"Definition of DIALECT"
2709:Oxford University Press
2614:
1860:Ibero-Romance languages
1828:Gallo-Romance languages
1315:Spoken dialects of the
906:Within this framework,
526:may be used instead of
269:Linguistic anthropology
186:Phono-semantic matching
4286:Repetti, Lori (2000).
4067:Haugen, Einar (1966).
3285:Sławomir Gala (1998).
3064:Haugen, Einar (1966).
2825:, BRILL, p. 250,
2717:10.1093/OED/8666306791
2623:
2128:
1428:mutual intelligibility
1321:Modern Standard Arabic
1217:mutual intelligibility
873:East Franconian German
856:
824:registration authority
798:mutual intelligibility
792:Mutual intelligibility
705:standardized varieties
462:mutual intelligibility
395:standardized varieties
264:Historical linguistics
206:Linguistic description
176:Homophonic translation
4273:The Romance languages
4130:The Semitic Languages
3483:Cultural Anthropology
3455:Colloquia Humanistica
2956:The Dialects of Italy
2472:Slavic microlanguages
2320:has been accepted in
2276:often show traces of
2180:Orthodox fraternities
2120:
1912:Slavomolisano dialect
1840:Vivaro-Alpine dialect
1639:) spoken in Northern
1605:Italo-Dalmatian group
1426:, most of which lack
1193:socially subordinated
854:
724:of Birmingham or the
438:socially subordinated
363:mutually intelligible
279:Sociology of language
16:Variant of a language
4357:navy" (Nash 1989:6).
3841:Ferguson, Charles A.
3144:Lyons, John (1981).
2354:Varieties of Chinese
2243:have developed from
2161:partitions of Poland
1705:and centro-southern
1631:-derived varieties (
1572:unification of Italy
1308:, and some parts of
966:introduced the term
865:linguistic authority
816:, publishers of the
751:Limón Creole English
481:A third designation
404:settings, typically
50:confusing or unclear
3804:Stewart, William A.
2757:Merriam-webster.com
2457:Portuguese dialects
2404:Malayalam languages
2389:Varieties of French
2339:Varieties of Arabic
2300:(regional speech).
2157:Belarusian language
2103:liturgical language
1964:Bergamasque dialect
1920:Gail Valley dialect
1611:the complex of the
1558:, like the Lombard
1556:Italian nationalism
1344:German dialectology
1287:Varieties of Arabic
1229:vernacular language
1221:linguistic prestige
916:Charles A. Ferguson
774:linguistic distance
768:Linguistic distance
762:Linguistic distance
645:editing the article
599:nonstandard dialect
559:linguistic distance
487:vernacular language
467:linguistic prestige
259:Applied linguistics
58:clarify the article
4200:Domenico Cerrato.
3569:– via JSTOR.
3505:– via JSTOR.
2789:Daniel. W. Bruhn,
2659:), 'through', and
2477:Slovenian dialects
2452:Dialects of Polish
2442:Norwegian dialects
2409:Varieties of Malay
2241:Chinese characters
2143:Government of the
2129:
2042:Bulgarian dialects
1962:that includes the
1914:; and the various
1785:Gallo-Italic group
1759:among the Italian
1739:Giovanni Boccaccio
1729:("three crowns"):
1715:Florentine dialect
1560:Alessandro Manzoni
1531:reference language
1504:regional languages
1496:minority languages
1410:Languages of Italy
1235:Dialect and accent
1133:Pennsylvania Dutch
857:
593:Académie Française
305:Linguistics portal
201:Language varieties
196:Discourse analysis
181:Macaronic language
4662:
4661:
4174:. Cutewriters Inc
4147:978-3-11-025158-6
4038:978-1-4130-3055-6
3979:978-0-88312-609-7
3825:978-3-11-080537-6
3771:978-0-88312-609-7
3707:978-1-317-29049-0
3050:978-1-4051-5296-9
2906:978-1-137-50783-9
2586:Regional language
2576:Literary language
2531:Dialect levelling
2511:Accent perception
2462:Romanian dialects
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