The video American Tongues is an illustration of the aspects of geographical linguistics within the United States, mainly dealing with dialects. A dialect is a regional variation of a particular language, and in this case the language is American English. Variations of English that result in local dialects are discussed, reasons for dialect differences are given, and attitudes about dialects are shown in the video.
There are several ways that dialects form from "standard" languages. First there is accent or the way the language is pronounced. Second there is vocabulary and the different words used to describe the same item/activity. Third there
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