Question

Write short notes on the difference between dialectu accent and style

Answer 1

All these terms are used in the linguistic studies.

Explanation:

Dialect :-

• A dialect is a variety of language which have it's own vocabulary, grammar or also pronunciation.
• It differs from standard variety of language since it is confined to be used under relatively smaller geographical area.
• Example :- American English and Indian English are different types of English dialects.

Accent :-

• Accent may be defined as the way of pronouncing words that occur among a particular group of people.
• It deals with the phonetics.
• It may depend upon various factors like geographical area, economic class, ethnicity, etc.

• Non native speakers of English can have accents in their pronunciations. For example, a Spanish speaker would have different accent while speaking English.

Style:-

• In linguistics style is defined as the set of particular linguistic variants.
• It can be specific to social meanings.
• It depends on personal preferences.