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| ARTICLES RELATED TO List of dialects of the English language | | | |  List of dialects of the English language: Encyclopedia II - Regional differences in formal written English - Lists of variations in formal written EnglishWhat follows is a list of expressions and constructions that appear in formal written English and are given different meanings in different countries. Differences in pronunciation, in slang and colloquial expressions, and in regional and specialist terms are dealt with in other articles. Where it is disputed that a word or expression qualifies to be used in formal writing, it will be omitted from this list and appear instead in one of the articles on spoken regional variations.
Lists of differences in spoken English, as well as most E ...
See also:Regional differences in formal written English, Regional differences in formal written English - Lists of variations in formal written English, Regional differences in formal written English - Differences in the meaning of individual words, Regional differences in formal written English - Differences in grammar, Regional differences in formal written English - Differences in spelling, Regional differences in formal written English - Written English – regional differences, Regional differences in formal written English - Spoken English – dialects Read more here: » Regional differences in formal written English: Encyclopedia II - Regional differences in formal written English - Lists of variations in formal written English |
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| | | | | List of dialects of the English language: Encyclopedia II - Regional accents of English speakers - British Isles Main article: British English
English accents and dialects vary more widely within the UK itself than they do in other parts of the world owing to the longer history of the language within the nations of the UK.
Regional accents of English speakers - England.
Main article: English English
The main accent groupings within England are between the north and south; the dividing line runs roughly from Shrewsbury to south of Birmingham and then to The Wash. The prestige accent in Engl ...
See also:Regional accents of English speakers, Regional accents of English speakers - British Isles, Regional accents of English speakers - England, Regional accents of English speakers - Scotland, Regional accents of English speakers - Wales, Regional accents of English speakers - Ireland, Regional accents of English speakers - North America, Regional accents of English speakers - Canada, Regional accents of English speakers - United States, Regional accents of English speakers - West Indies and Bermuda, Regional accents of English speakers - Southern Hemisphere, Regional accents of English speakers - Australia, Regional accents of English speakers - New Zealand, Regional accents of English speakers - South Atlantic, Regional accents of English speakers - Southern Africa, Regional accents of English speakers - Asia, Regional accents of English speakers - Hong Kong, Regional accents of English speakers - Indian Subcontinent, Regional accents of English speakers - Malaysia and Singapore, Regional accents of English speakers - Philippines Read more here: » Regional accents of English speakers: Encyclopedia II - Regional accents of English speakers - British Isles |
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| | | | | | List of dialects of the English language: Encyclopedia II - Regional accents of English speakers - North America Main article: North American English
Regional accents of English speakers - Canada.
Main article: Canadian English
Canadian accents vary widely across the country, and the accent of a particular region is often closer to neighbouring parts of the United States. Nevertheless, there are some characteristics that exist across the country, in varying degrees, such as Canadian raising. Canadian actors and announcers used to aim for a General American accent (similar to that formerly used by ...
See also:Regional accents of English speakers, Regional accents of English speakers - British Isles, Regional accents of English speakers - England, Regional accents of English speakers - Scotland, Regional accents of English speakers - Wales, Regional accents of English speakers - Ireland, Regional accents of English speakers - North America, Regional accents of English speakers - Canada, Regional accents of English speakers - United States, Regional accents of English speakers - West Indies and Bermuda, Regional accents of English speakers - Southern Hemisphere, Regional accents of English speakers - Australia, Regional accents of English speakers - New Zealand, Regional accents of English speakers - South Atlantic, Regional accents of English speakers - Southern Africa, Regional accents of English speakers - Asia, Regional accents of English speakers - Hong Kong, Regional accents of English speakers - Indian Subcontinent, Regional accents of English speakers - Malaysia and Singapore, Regional accents of English speakers - Philippines Read more here: » Regional accents of English speakers: Encyclopedia II - Regional accents of English speakers - North America |
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| | | | | List of dialects of the English language: Encyclopedia II - English language - Grammar English grammar displays minimal inflection compared with some other Indo-European languages. For example, Modern English, unlike Modern German or Dutch and the Romance languages, lacks grammatical gender and adjectival agreement. Case marking has almost disappeared from the language and mainly survives in pronouns. The patterning of strong (eg. speak/spoke/spoken) versus weak verbs inherited from Germanic has declined in importance and the remnants of inflection (such as plural marking) have become more regular.
At the same ti ...
See also:English language, English language - History, English language - Classification and related languages, English language - Geographic distribution, English language - English as a global language, English language - Dialects and regional variants, English language - Constructed variants of English, English language - Sounds, English language - Vowels, English language - Consonants, English language - Intonation, English language - Tone groups, English language - Characteristics of intonation, English language - Grammar, English language - Vocabulary, English language - Number of words in English, English language - Word origins, English language - Writing system, English language - Basic sound-letter correspondence, English language - Written accents, English language - Dialects, English language - Pronunciation, English language - Social cultural or political, English language - Grammar, English language - Usage, English language - Dictionaries Read more here: » English language: Encyclopedia II - English language - Grammar |
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| | | | | List of dialects of the English language: Encyclopedia II - English language - Grammar English grammar displays minimal inflection compared with some other Indo-European languages. For example, Modern English, unlike Modern German or Dutch and the Romance languages, lacks grammatical gender and adjectival agreement. Case marking has almost disappeared from the language and mainly survives in pronouns. The patterning of strong (eg. speak/spoke/spoken) versus weak verbs inherited from Germanic has dec ...
See also:English language, English language - History, English language - Classification and related languages, English language - Geographic distribution, English language - English as a global language, English language - Dialects and regional variants, English language - Constructed variants of English, English language - Sounds, English language - Vowels, English language - Consonants, English language - Intonation, English language - Tone groups, English language - Characteristics of intonation, English language - Grammar, English language - Vocabulary, English language - Number of words in English, English language - Word origins, English language - Writing system, English language - Basic sound-letter correspondence, English language - Written accents, English language - Dialects, English language - Pronunciation, English language - Social cultural or political, English language - Grammar, English language - Usage, English language - Dictionaries Read more here: » English language: Encyclopedia II - English language - Grammar |
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| | | | | List of dialects of the English language: Encyclopedia II - English language - Writing system English is written using the Latin alphabet. The spelling system or orthography of English is historical, not phonological. The spelling of words often diverges considerably from how they are spoken, and English spelling is often considered to be one of the most difficult to learn of any language that uses an alphabet. See English orthography.
English language - Basic sound-letter correspondence.
English language - Written accents.
English includes some words which can be writt ...
See also:English language, English language - History, English language - Classification and related languages, English language - Geographic distribution, English language - English as a global language, English language - Dialects and regional variants, English language - Constructed variants of English, English language - Sounds, English language - Vowels, English language - Consonants, English language - Intonation, English language - Tone groups, English language - Characteristics of intonation, English language - Grammar, English language - Vocabulary, English language - Number of words in English, English language - Word origins, English language - Writing system, English language - Basic sound-letter correspondence, English language - Written accents, English language - Dialects, English language - Pronunciation, English language - Social cultural or political, English language - Grammar, English language - Usage, English language - Dictionaries Read more here: » English language: Encyclopedia II - English language - Writing system |
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| | | | | List of dialects of the English language: Encyclopedia II - English language - Classification and related languages The English language belongs to the western subbranch of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Apart from English-lexified creole languages such as Tok Pisin and Bislama, the nearest living relative of English is Scots (Lallans), spoken mostly in Scotland and parts of Northern Ireland. Like English, Scots is a direct descendant of Old English, also known as Anglo-Saxon.
After Scots, the next closest relative is Frisian—spoken in Germany and the Netherlands. Other less closely related living languages include ...
See also:English language, English language - History, English language - Classification and related languages, English language - Geographic distribution, English language - English as a global language, English language - Dialects and regional variants, English language - Constructed variants of English, English language - Sounds, English language - Vowels, English language - Consonants, English language - Intonation, English language - Tone groups, English language - Characteristics of intonation, English language - Grammar, English language - Vocabulary, English language - Number of words in English, English language - Word origins, English language - Writing system, English language - Basic sound-letter correspondence, English language - Written accents, English language - Dialects, English language - Pronunciation, English language - Social cultural or political, English language - Grammar, English language - Usage, English language - Dictionaries Read more here: » English language: Encyclopedia II - English language - Classification and related languages |
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| | | | | List of dialects of the English language: Encyclopedia II - Regional accents of English speakers - Southern Hemisphere
Regional accents of English speakers - Australia.
Main article: Australian English phonology
The Australian accent varies between social classes and is sometimes claimed to vary from state to state, though this is disputed (it is more the lexis that varies between states, as well as the pronunciation of certain words, the most cited example being 'castle'). Accents tend to be strongest in the more remote areas. (Note that, while there are many similarities between Australian accents and New Zealand ones, there are also differences.)
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See also:Regional accents of English speakers, Regional accents of English speakers - British Isles, Regional accents of English speakers - England, Regional accents of English speakers - Scotland, Regional accents of English speakers - Wales, Regional accents of English speakers - Ireland, Regional accents of English speakers - North America, Regional accents of English speakers - Canada, Regional accents of English speakers - United States, Regional accents of English speakers - West Indies and Bermuda, Regional accents of English speakers - Southern Hemisphere, Regional accents of English speakers - Australia, Regional accents of English speakers - New Zealand, Regional accents of English speakers - South Atlantic, Regional accents of English speakers - Southern Africa, Regional accents of English speakers - Asia, Regional accents of English speakers - Hong Kong, Regional accents of English speakers - Indian Subcontinent, Regional accents of English speakers - Malaysia and Singapore, Regional accents of English speakers - Philippines Read more here: » Regional accents of English speakers: Encyclopedia II - Regional accents of English speakers - Southern Hemisphere |
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| | | | | List of dialects of the English language: Encyclopedia II - English language - History English originated from the Old Saxon language and related dialects brought to Britain by Germanic settlers from various parts of northwest Germany. The original Old English language was subsequently influenced by two successive waves of invasion. The first was by speakers of languages in the Scandinavian branch of the Germanic family, who colonised parts of Britain in the 8th and 9th centuries. The second wave was of the Normans in the 11th century, who spoke a variety of French.
According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, around ...
See also:English language, English language - History, English language - Classification and related languages, English language - Geographic distribution, English language - English as a global language, English language - Dialects and regional variants, English language - Constructed variants of English, English language - Sounds, English language - Vowels, English language - Consonants, English language - Intonation, English language - Tone groups, English language - Characteristics of intonation, English language - Grammar, English language - Vocabulary, English language - Number of words in English, English language - Word origins, English language - Writing system, English language - Basic sound-letter correspondence, English language - Written accents, English language - Dialects, English language - Pronunciation, English language - Social cultural or political, English language - Grammar, English language - Usage, English language - Dictionaries Read more here: » English language: Encyclopedia II - English language - History |
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| | | | | List of dialects of the English language: Encyclopedia II - English language - Intonation
English language - Tone groups.
English is an Intonation language. This means that the pitch of the voice is used syntactically, for example, to convey surprise and irony, or to change a statement into a question.
In English, intonation patterns are on groups of words, which are called tone groups, tone units, intonation groups or sense groups. Tone groups are said on a single breath and, as a consequence, are of limited length, more often being on average five words long or lasting roughly two seconds. Th ...
See also:English language, English language - History, English language - Classification and related languages, English language - Geographic distribution, English language - English as a global language, English language - Dialects and regional variants, English language - Constructed variants of English, English language - Sounds, English language - Vowels, English language - Consonants, English language - Intonation, English language - Tone groups, English language - Characteristics of intonation, English language - Grammar, English language - Vocabulary, English language - Number of words in English, English language - Word origins, English language - Writing system, English language - Basic sound-letter correspondence, English language - Written accents, English language - Dialects, English language - Pronunciation, English language - Social cultural or political, English language - Grammar, English language - Usage, English language - Dictionaries Read more here: » English language: Encyclopedia II - English language - Intonation |
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| | | | | List of dialects of the English language: Encyclopedia II - English language - Sounds
English language - Vowels.
Notes:
It is the vowels that differ most from region to region.
Where symbols appear in pairs, the first corresponds to the sounds used in North American English, the second corresponds to English spoken elsewhere.
North American English lacks this sound; words with this sound are pronounced with /ɑ/ or /ɔ/. According to The Canadian Oxford Dict ...
See also:English language, English language - History, English language - Classification and related languages, English language - Geographic distribution, English language - English as a global language, English language - Dialects and regional variants, English language - Constructed variants of English, English language - Sounds, English language - Vowels, English language - Consonants, English language - Intonation, English language - Tone groups, English language - Characteristics of intonation, English language - Grammar, English language - Vocabulary, English language - Number of words in English, English language - Word origins, English language - Writing system, English language - Basic sound-letter correspondence, English language - Written accents, English language - Dialects, English language - Pronunciation, English language - Social cultural or political, English language - Grammar, English language - Usage, English language - Dictionaries Read more here: » English language: Encyclopedia II - English language - Sounds |
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| | | | | List of dialects of the English language: Encyclopedia II - English language - Classification and related languages The English language belongs to the western subbranch of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Apart from English-lexified creole languages such as Tok Pisin and Bislama, the nearest living relative of English is Scots (Lallans), spoken mostly in Scotland and parts of Northern Ireland. Like English, Scots is a direct descendant of Old English, also known as Anglo-Saxon.
After Scots, the next closest relative is Frisian—spoken in the Netherlands and Germany. Other less closely related living languages include ...
See also:English language, English language - History, English language - Classification and related languages, English language - Geographic distribution, English language - English as a global language, English language - Dialects and regional variants, English language - Constructed variants of English, English language - Sounds, English language - Vowels, English language - Consonants, English language - Intonation, English language - Tone groups, English language - Characteristics of intonation, English language - Grammar, English language - Vocabulary, English language - Number of words in English, English language - Word origins, English language - Writing system, English language - Basic sound-letter correspondence, English language - Written accents, English language - Dialects, English language - Pronunciation, English language - Social cultural or political, English language - Grammar, English language - Usage, English language - Dictionaries Read more here: » English language: Encyclopedia II - English language - Classification and related languages |
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| | | | | List of dialects of the English language: Encyclopedia II - English language - Vocabulary Almost without exception, Germanic words (which include all the basics such as pronouns and conjunctions) are shorter and more informal. Latinate words are often regarded as more elegant or educated. However, the excessive use of Latinate words is often mistaken for either pretentiousness (as in the stereotypical policeman's talk of "apprehending the suspect") or obfuscation (as in a military document which says "neutralise" when it means "kill"). George Orwell's essay Politics and the English Language gives a ...
See also:English language, English language - History, English language - Classification and related languages, English language - Geographic distribution, English language - English as a global language, English language - Dialects and regional variants, English language - Constructed variants of English, English language - Sounds, English language - Vowels, English language - Consonants, English language - Intonation, English language - Tone groups, English language - Characteristics of intonation, English language - Grammar, English language - Vocabulary, English language - Number of words in English, English language - Word origins, English language - Writing system, English language - Basic sound-letter correspondence, English language - Written accents, English language - Dialects, English language - Pronunciation, English language - Social cultural or political, English language - Grammar, English language - Usage, English language - Dictionaries Read more here: » English language: Encyclopedia II - English language - Vocabulary |
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| | | | | List of dialects of the English language: Encyclopedia II - Dialect - Concepts in dialectology Concepts in dialectology include:
Dialect - Mutual intelligibility.
Some have attempted to distinguish dialects from languages by saying that dialects are mutually comprehensible while languages are not. But this concept may not be as clear-cut as it may at first seem. Italian speakers and Spanish speakers, for example, may be able to understand a considerable proportion of each other's closely-related Romance languages, whereas Lombards and Sicilians, speaking what are described as dialects of the same language, may encounter considerable barriers to mutual comprehensio ...
See also:Dialect, Dialect - Standard and Non-standard Dialects, Dialect - Dialect or Language, Dialect - Political factors, Dialect - The historical linguistics point of view, Dialect - Concepts in dialectology, Dialect - Mutual intelligibility, Dialect - Diglossia, Dialect - Dialect continuum, Dialect - Diasystem, Dialect - Pluricentrism, Dialect - The Ausbausprache - Abstandsprache - Dachsprache framework, Dialect - Selected list of articles on dialects Read more here: » Dialect: Encyclopedia II - Dialect - Concepts in dialectology |
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| | | | | List of dialects of the English language: Encyclopedia II - Dialect - Standard and Non-standard Dialects A standard dialect (also known as a standardized dialect or "standard language") is a dialect that is supported by institutions. Such institutional support may include government recognition or designation; presentation as being the "correct" form of a language in schools; published grammars, dictionaries, and textbooks that set forth a "correct" spoken and written form; and an extensive formal literature that employs that dialect (prose, poetry, nonfiction, etc.). There may be multiple standard dialects associated with a langu ...
See also:Dialect, Dialect - Standard and Non-standard Dialects, Dialect - Dialect or Language, Dialect - Political factors, Dialect - The historical linguistics point of view, Dialect - Concepts in dialectology, Dialect - Mutual intelligibility, Dialect - Diglossia, Dialect - Dialect continuum, Dialect - Diasystem, Dialect - Pluricentrism, Dialect - The Ausbausprache - Abstandsprache - Dachsprache framework, Dialect - Selected list of articles on dialects Read more here: » Dialect: Encyclopedia II - Dialect - Standard and Non-standard Dialects |
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| | | | | List of dialects of the English language: Encyclopedia II - English language - Grammar English grammar displays minimal inflection compared with some other Indo-European languages. For example, Modern English, unlike Modern German and the Romance languages, lacks grammatical gender and adjectival agreement. Case marking has almost disappeared from the language and mainly survives in pronouns. The patterning of strong (eg. speak/spoke/spoken) versus weak verbs inherited from Germanic has declined in importance and the remnants of inflection (such as plural marking) have become more regular.
At the same time as inf ...
See also:English language, English language - History, English language - Classification and related languages, English language - Geographic distribution, English language - English as a global language, English language - Dialects and regional variants, English language - Constructed variants of English, English language - Sounds, English language - Vowels, English language - Consonants, English language - Intonation, English language - Tone groups, English language - Characteristics of intonation, English language - Grammar, English language - Vocabulary, English language - Number of words in English, English language - Word origins, English language - Writing system, English language - Basic sound-letter correspondence, English language - Written accents, English language - Dialects, English language - Pronunciation, English language - Social cultural or political, English language - Grammar, English language - Usage, English language - Dictionaries Read more here: » English language: Encyclopedia II - English language - Grammar |
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