Everything about Dialect
Variant of a language
A dialect is a variety of language spoken by a particular group of people. This may include dominant and standardized varieties as well as vernacular, unwritten, or non-standardized varieties, such as those used in developing countries or isolated areas. The dialects of the same language are mainly distinguished from each other by differences in linguistic features such as phonology, morphology, syntax and vocabulary. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: DialectA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Automatic Vulgar Word Extraction Method with Application to Vulgar Remark Detection in Chittagonian Dialect of BanglaInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The complete poetical worksThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The Dynamics of New Englishes: From Identity Construction to Dialect BirthCited 520 times
- Go sideways: Mutual intelligibilityA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Pluricentric languageA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A lect (often a regional or minority language) as part of a group or family of languages, especially if they are viewed as a single language, or if contrasted with a standardized idiom that is considered the 'true' form of the language (for example, Bavarian as contrasted with Standard German).
Noun A variety of a language that is characteristic of a particular area, community, or social group, differing from other varieties of the same language in relatively minor ways as regards grammar, phonology, and lexicon.
Noun Language that is perceived as substandard or wrong.
Noun A language existing only in an oral or non-standardized form, especially a language spoken in a developing country or an isolated region.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The Dynamics of New Englishes: From Identity Construction to Dialect Birth
Dialect, Language, Nation 1
Perceptual and Phonetic Experiments on American English Dialect Identification
Dialect stylization in radio talk
Nervous tissue as an immune compartment: the dialect of the immune response in the CNS
Toward a dialect theory: Cultural differences in the expression and recognition of posed facial expressions.
AI generates covertly racist decisions about people based on their dialect
Linguistic change and diffusion: description and explanation in sociolinguistic dialect geography
🆕 Influential since 2022
Automatic Vulgar Word Extraction Method with Application to Vulgar Remark Detection in Chittagonian Dialect of Bangla
Cultural Diversity and Innovation: An Empirical Study from Dialect
Sentiment Analysis on Moroccan Dialect based on ML and Social Media Content Detection
Ti3C2Tx Composite Aerogels Enable Pressure Sensors for Dialect Speech Recognition Assisted by Deep Learning
A systematic literature review of Arabic dialect sentiment analysis
📚 Books worth reading
The complete poetical worksRobert Burns · 1786
Poems of rural lifeWilliam Barnes · 1844
Le Grand FosséAlbert Uderzo · 1976
Ludwig Feuerbach und der Ausgang der klassischen deutschen PhilosophieFriedrich Engels · 1903
Osnovnye voprosy marksizmaGeorgiĭ Valentinovich Plekhanov · 1908
A Night in Acadie [21 stories]Kate Chopin · 1897
A dictionary of slang and unconventional EnglishEric Partridge · 1900
The slang dictionary: etymological, historical, and anecdotalJohn Camden Hotten · 1864
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