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the Dialects of Huckleberry Finn

the Dialects of Huckleberry Finn. What is Dialect?. The term dialect comes from the ancient Greek words, dialektos, dia, and lego . Dialect is a form of language particular to a specific region or social group.

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the Dialects of Huckleberry Finn

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  1. theDialectsofHuckleberryFinn

  2. What is Dialect? The term dialect comes from the ancient Greek words, dialektos, dia, and lego. Dialect is a form of language particular to a specific region or social group. With all of the cultures and countries in the world, many people speak in many different dialects in their everyday life. You may even speak in dialect and not even realize it.

  3. Modern Day Dialect “Pittsburghese” Yinz = You all Anymore can be used without a negative word, ex: There are so many people around here anymore. Whenever can describe things that happen once, ex: I will drive you whenever I'm done washing the car.

  4. Mark Twain's Use of Dialect In Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain uses dialect to enrich and add color to the settings that he writes about. The dialects that characters use give them depth and personality. Much can be learned about a character not from what they say, but how they say it.

  5. Dialects Used: Missouri negro dialect Backwoods South-Western dialect Pike County dialect Four modified varieties of the Pike Country dialect

  6. Huck's Dialect [Pike Country Dialect] - Most of book written in this dialect - Many incorrect words and incorrect grammar - Many words spelled phonetically

  7. Quotes “Seegars, I bet you – and cost five cents a piece...” “...all over the walls was the most ignorantest kinds of words and pictures... “...the Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me...”

  8. Why?

  9. Jim's Dialect [Missouri Negro Dialect] - Dialect the same as other black speakers in the novel - Widespread loss of 'r's: “door” pronounced “do'” - Adding 'y' sound to words: k'yer = care, dish-yer = this here

  10. Quotes “Dey's sumf'n wrong, dey is. Is I me, or who is I? Is I heah, or whah is I?” “Why, mos' sholy it is.” “Bekase why would a wise man want to live in de mids' er sich a blimblammin' all de time?”

  11. Why?

  12. [“Modified” Pike Country Dialect] King's Dialect - Also adds 'y' sound to words: h'yer = here - Leaves out syllables: considable = considerable, misable = miserable - Pronounces 'un' as 'on': oncommon, oncomfortable

  13. Quotes “It'll only make things oncomfortable...” “Like as not we got to be together a blamed long time on this h-yer raft...” “You gwyne to have considable trouble in yo' life, en considable joy.”

  14. Arkansas Gossip's Dialect [Southwestern Dialect] - Conjugates multiple sounds in a word into one sound - Over-pronounces words – “S'I” extensively used in conversation

  15. Quotes “S'I, he's crazy, S'I – them's the very words I said.” “Look at that-air grindstone, s’I; want to tell me’t any cretur ‘t’s in his right mind’s a-goin’ to scrabble all them crazy things onto a grindstone? s’I.” “I was a'sayin – pass that-air sasser m'lasses, won't ye?”

  16. Why?

  17. Bibliography Carkeet, David. The Dialects in Huckleberry Finn. Duke University Press, 1979. 315-332. Print. <http://www.jserra.org/ourpages/auto/2009/9/4/43312140/Dialects in Huck Finn Carkeet.pdf>. Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York City: Charles Webster and Company, 1884. Print. . ""Pittsburghese" Overview." Pittsburgh Speech and Society. University of Pittsburgh. Web. 18 Dec 2012. <http://pittsburghspeech.pitt.edu/PittsburghSpeech_PgheseOverview.html>. Collins, James. Where are YOU?. N.d. Research Penn StateWeb. 18 Dec 2012. <http://www.rps.psu.edu/probing/dialect.html>.

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