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... dialects as well as regional dialects , so that it is possible to tell from a person's speech not only where he comes from but what class he belongs to . In some instances social dialects can transcend regional dialects . This is ...
... dialects as well as regional dialects , so that it is possible to tell from a person's speech not only where he comes from but what class he belongs to . In some instances social dialects can transcend regional dialects . This is ...
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... dialect . With the accumulation of dialectal data , investigators be- came increasingly conscious of the inadequacy of viewing dialects as internally consistent units that were sharply differentiated from neighbouring dialects . It ...
... dialect . With the accumulation of dialectal data , investigators be- came increasingly conscious of the inadequacy of viewing dialects as internally consistent units that were sharply differentiated from neighbouring dialects . It ...
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... dialects . The Chinese situation is a peculiar one because of the enormous number of people who speak Chinese , the very significant dialectal differentiation ( certain dialects , partic- ularly those in the South of China , would be ...
... dialects . The Chinese situation is a peculiar one because of the enormous number of people who speak Chinese , the very significant dialectal differentiation ( certain dialects , partic- ularly those in the South of China , would be ...
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