Dialects _____ from the standard form of a language. |
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Added: December 2003 |
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| italianbrother - 26th December 2003 02:23
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| It differs. For in some languages, such as in Italian, dialects are complete different languages, running parallel to the country’s language.
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| willbut - 28th December 2003 00:12
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| Doesn't it depend on whether they are derived from the standard form or not?
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| italianbro - 3rd January 2004 01:03
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| not in italian, except tuscan which is the standard italian, all other are diffrent languages.
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| butterfly - 12th January 2004 15:26
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| to say it is different is to suggest that there is another form of standard language, standard to the group of users. to say it a deviation is to suggest that dialects are not the norms but something inferior to that which is standard. What is standard, howeve, is relative to time and place.
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| willbut - 20th January 2004 01:10
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| 'Differ' seems less judgemental. To the dialect speaker, standard language seems strange. I'd use 'differ'.
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| kaboodleus - 10th March 2005 03:12
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| The standard language is itself a dialect.
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