dialect sociolect and idiolect

Dialect, Sociolect, and Idiolect A.    Dialect1.      The definition of dialectThe term dialect comes from greek language “diakletos” which is used in two different ways. One usage refers to a variety of a language that is characteristic of a particular group of the language speakers. The other usage refers to a language socially subordinate to a regional or national standard language. For example in our...

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