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What is dialect? How is it used throughout literature?

What is dialect? How is it used throughout literature?. Different types of dialects. Dialect is a specific way of speaking that is found in a particular geographic region. Northern dialects (from people who are from up North) Southern dialects (from people who are from the South)

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What is dialect? How is it used throughout literature?

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  1. What is dialect? How is it used throughout literature?

  2. Different types of dialects • Dialect is a specific way of speaking that is found in a particular geographic region. • Northern dialects (from people who are from up North) • Southern dialects (from people who are from the South) • British dialects- (from British people) • Midwestern dialects ( from people from the Midwest) • Creole/Cajun dialect ( from people from New Orleans)

  3. Examples of dialogue in text • Huckleberry Finn: “Well, den, I reck’n I did dream it, Huck; but dog my cats ef it ain’t de powerfullest dream I ever see. En I hain’t ever had no dream b’fodat’s tired me like dis one.”

  4. South: "Y'all"North: "You guys"South: "Fixin' to"North: "About to"South: "Howdy"North: "Hello"South: "Twixt"North: "Between” • Chitlinsand grits • Soda vs. pop

  5. Star Wars Dialect

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