Word: dialectic
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...Dialect atlases are useful tools for mapping movements of the changing social landscape,” he said...
...realized that none of the existing dialect grammars or dictionaries actually contained forms that were relevant today; they were all based on the speech of old white farmers from the 1920s…how many students today know what a whiffletree or bonny-clabber are?” Vaux wrote in an e-mail...
...atlas would assist dialectologists by allowing them to track regional dialect trends and population migrations, said North Carolina State University linguistics professor Walt Wolfram...
Despite the homogenizing influence of national television networks, linguists say that regional differences in dialect appear to be increasing. According to Golder, new figures of speech and pronunciations arise more quickly than population migration and television exposure can dilute them...
Some of the Kuumba members reportedly stayed for the lecture in order to talk with Vaux afterwards. I wonder whether they paid attention during the lecture. If they had, they would have seen Vaux treat the dialect with respect, seriousness and academic rigor. One Kuumba member’s belief is that the comment was, “really detrimental to the work a lot of members of Kuumba are trying to do in erasing misperceptions about what black culture and diversity are.” On the contrary, Vaux’s lecture supports their stated goal. The quotation...