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Dialects Quotes by William Labov
- However, research in the years that followed found that in many of its important features, African American Vernacular English was becoming not less, but more…
- Well, American dialects have been studied for a hundred years or so.
- This African American Vernacular English shares most of its grammar and vocabulary with other dialects of English. But it is distinct in many ways, and…
- And instead of getting a pepper-and-salt effect, we find very clear and sharp divisions between the dialects of the United States, which are getting more…
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- The angels are so enamored of the language that is spoken in heaven that they will not distort their lips with the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Actors love mental disorders, dialects, and corsets. Give them one of the three and they're happy — Robin Tunney
- Mexican food is far more varied than people think. It changes like dialects. I was brought up in Jalisco by the sea… — Gael Garcia Bernal
- Quantum theory was split up into dialects. Different people describe the same experiences in remarkably different languages. This is confusing even to… — David Finkelstein
- At any one time language is a kaleidoscope of styles, genres and dialects. — David Crystal
- Post-​wounded women know that postures of pain play into limited and outmoded conceptions of womanhood. Their hurt has a new native language… — Leslie Jamison
- One cannot understand the rhythms and meanings of the outer world until one has mastered the dialects of the body. — Timothy Leary
- Modern biblical scholars have established that the bible is a wiki. It was compiled over half a millennium from writers with different… — Steven Pinker