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Jenni Young

Language Varieties Website - 0 views

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    This site is about varieties of language that differ from the standard variety that is normally used in the media and taught in the schools. These include pidgins, creoles, regional dialects, minority dialects and indigenized varieties.
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    This site is about varieties of language that differ from the standard variety that is normally used in the media and taught in the schools. These include pidgins, creoles, regional dialects, minority dialects and indigenized varieties.
Jenni Young

International Dialects of English Archive - 0 views

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    The International Dialects of English Archive was created in 1997 as the first online archive of primary-source recordings of English dialects and accents around the world (audio)
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Shanghai Laments Loss of TV Show in Local Dialect - 0 views

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    The show, which focused on traditional life and culture and was presented in the Shanghai dialect, collided with government guidelines that nationally broadcast programs use only Mandarin.
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Jafaican it? No we're not - 3 views

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    Blog. Comedians might play the patois of multicultural Britain for laughs, but spoken English has been drawing on influences from other languages and dialects for centuries
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Rhyming slang is nang - 3 views

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    The old East End dialect is moving out to Essex, says one academic.
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Speaking it in the family - 0 views

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    Familects - home dialects in which words are given private meanings - reveal that everyone has a creative and playful linguistic story (Guardian)
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Linguists explain how to tell statements from questions in Valley Girl talk - 0 views

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    Amanda Ritchart is a native speaker of Southern Californian English, the dialect also known as "Valley Girl talk" - you know, the one that's like totally full of the word "like."
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Do We All Speak Like Valley Girls? Uptalk in Southern Californian English - 0 views

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    Academic paper analysing the Southern Californian dialect
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Kidspoem/Bairnsang by Liz Lochhead (BBC Class Clip) - 0 views

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    Liz Lochead reads her poem 'Kidspoem' or 'Bairnsang' - a poem written in both Scottish and English dialect.
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Why Chaucer Said 'Ax' Instead Of 'Ask,' And Why Some Still Do - 0 views

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    The most common stereotype of black vernacular is the pronunciation of the word "ask" as "ax."
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What are you saying cuz? - 0 views

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    No idea what cuzzies, sweet as, wop-wops or wuss mean? Kiwi slang classes at Wellington Central library have been helping migrants tackle these kinds of words, without being too hard out.
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