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social science subjects > linguistics > descriptive linguistics > sociolinguistics > accents (language)
social science subjects > psychology > social psychology > sociolinguistics > accents (language)

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accents (language)  

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  • As commonly understood, a person's accent refers to the way he or she pronounces words, phrases, and other linguistic features of a language in which such pronunciations differ substantially from what a native speaker of that country or culture might say. Accents are actually features of speech rather than language, but this distinction is rarely made by the general public. [Source: Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education; Accents and their Meaning]

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