DIALECT AND ACCENT

LENA STEPANYAN
 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DIALECT AND ACCENT

Dialect Accent

1. A dialect refers to a variety of the language. It includes 1. An accent is a part of a dialect and refers to the way
the differences in grammar, morphology, vocabulary, how people pronounce specific words and phrases. This
syntax, and pronunciation among different versions of a is the manner in which different people pronounce words
language. It’s the type of a certain language which is of the same language differently from each other.
derived from the primary language. 2. Accents are just one part of a dialect.
2. A dialect is all-encompassing. 3. An accent refers to how people pronounce words.
3. A dialect includes the pronunciations, grammar and 4. Accents refer to how someone speaks another
vocabulary that people use within a group. language.
4. Dialects refer to the way people speak their mother
tongue.
 EXAMPLES OF DIALECT AND ACCENT

Dialect Accent

A Northern American might say, “hello.”
A Southern American might say, “howdy.”
This is an example of the differences in dialect.
An American might pronounce the word, “hello,” by
speaking the “h” sound.
A Brit might pronounce the word, “hello,” without
speaking the “h” sound.
This is still the same word, just spoken with a
different accent.
 Scottish dialect.
What a I'll come
I'm feeling dreich day! - round (at)
quite "What a the back of He's a right
drouthy - dull, eight - "I'll sweetie-wife
"I'm feeling miserable, come round - "He likes a
quite thirsty" overcast just after good gossip"
day" (of eight
weather) o'clock"
 Water –
wooder\wooter
(Philadelphia)

Egg – Ayg
(Pacific Bin – ben
Northwest
portion of the (Canada)
US) Differen
t accents

Oil – all\ouil Picture – pitcher

(the South) (American)
 Standard English Non-standard English

• I did it. • I done it.

• Come quickly! • Come quick!
• … the books that I • … the books which
bought. I bought.
• I didn’t break • I didn’t break
anything. nothing.
 American English (300 million)
Indian English (125 million
speakers)
Australian English (20 million)

Canadian English (19.4 million)

South African English (5.4 million)

Irish English (4.3 million)

New Zeland (3.8 million)

British English (1.9 million)