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<blockquote type="cite" cite>I think it is not at all transparent. It
means something like "The use of spellings which create the
impression of a "dialect" (variation in language) when, in
fact, no such variation exists in the spoken language." In short,
it is "dialect for the eye (not the ear)."</blockquote>
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<div>I'm pretty sure that when compounds get as loaded as that, they
are hardly transparent, although, it may be that the polysemy of
"dialect" contributes more to the opacity than the
compounding.</div>
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<div>dInIs (who likes to say 'opacity')</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>At 07:54 PM 3/25/2001 -0500, Dennis
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>I use 'dialect' very broadly (to cover
social and stylistic levels).<br>
I think I'm not alone. For me, thereefore, since 'gonna' reflects
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actual pronunciation difference (however badly), it is not<br>
'eye-dialect.'<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Is "eye dialect" a transparent
compound? Or is it so only to some extent but not fully a transparent
one? Does "dialect" in "eye dialect" have the same
meaning as "dialect" in "English dialects?"<br>
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Sali.<br>
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