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[David Metevia]

I don't see the need for a _unification of dialects_

If the intended audience understands the communication, then that is
sufficient.

Regards,
Dave

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> I've been a little curious in the time I've been on this list as to>
why so much effort is being spent in separating dialects, but not in>
looking at what unifies these dialects. Through corpus studies we> have
seen that there is a standard grammar defined by frequency of> use.
There hasn't been so much study yet though looking at> pronunciation
this way.

That's not the point of sociolinguistics or dialectology. You want
thetheoretical linguists--down the hall, room 12B.



The above spoken like true academic boorishness.  Detention is room 12C.
The best possible outcome of this forum in my opinion would be
unification of dialects into one best possible for mass communication.

We may have many visitors here looking for best USA dialect advice.  And
I hope we're prepared to give it to them.

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
see truespel.com

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