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00:0-1	along , right ? Welcome to our podcast on dialect
00:08	three important literary term , especially as we make our
00:12	way through the book to kill a mocking birth and
00:14	definitely as we are faced with some other texts throughout
00:17	the year . So what is dialect ? It is
00:21	a regional or social variety of a language distinguished by
00:27	pronunciation , grammar and vocabulary . So basically what this
00:34	means is , if we were to look at the
00:36	United States and say that Americans are speaking English ,
00:40	that is the standard of what people are speaking here
00:44	. But then , within each region , so maybe
00:46	the Northeast , maybe the South , maybe the West
00:49	. Each region has different pronunciations of words , different
00:53	structures in their grammar and oftentimes use of different vocabulary
00:57	words . Here is one linguists look at American English
01:02	dialects . And so again , if English is the
01:05	language that is spoken throughout our nation , you can
01:08	see that different regions have different dialects , basically variations
01:13	on standard English , for example , Rocky Mountain English
01:18	may use kind of standard things , you know ,
01:21	we use the correct grammar . We used the standard
01:24	pronunciation of things . We use a set of vocabulary
01:28	terms if we then go down to the south .
01:31	Maybe that Gulf Southern dialect or even done in Louisiana
01:35	, the kind of the Cajun look . Number 24
01:38	. You're going to see that they might structure their
01:40	sentences differently . That would be grammar . They may
01:43	pronounce things differently . Maybe clipping the ends of words
01:46	may be different angles of how they pronounce things .
01:49	And then they might even have different vocabulary from things
01:52	you know and a superficial example of vocabulary Right away
01:56	would be the idea of soda . In certain parts
02:00	of the nation , Soda is called soda . In
02:03	other parts of the nation , it is called pop
02:07	. And then , as I understand it , down
02:08	in the South , everything is called Coke . So
02:13	you could walk into a restaurant and say , Hey
02:15	, I'd love to have a Coke and then they're
02:16	going to say , Well , what kind ? Oh
02:19	, I want a sprite or a Dr Pepper ,
02:21	and that's gonna be a regional thing . You ask
02:23	for a Coke up in Chicago , you're going to
02:25	get a Coke . You're not gonna have to delineate
02:28	. What type of Coke dialect is not an accent
02:34	. So somebody could be speaking standard English with an
02:38	accent . But that is not necessarily dialect , and
02:43	so we really need to dissect what they're saying .
02:45	How they're saying it and then the grammatical structures .
02:49	Just because somebody has a different accent does not necessarily
02:53	mean that it's dialect . Dialect is also not jargon
02:58	. And what that means is there are specific fields
03:01	of study sciences , computers , sports that have certain
03:06	terms that go with them . And those terms are
03:09	called jargon for those specific fields . For example ,
03:13	in the computer industry term , W Y s I
03:17	W Y G , and it's pronounced wheezy wig .
03:23	And what it means is what you see is what
03:26	you get . And so it deals with websites in
03:29	terms of if I type something on my screen that
03:32	when I actually hit , save or upload , what
03:35	I've actually seen in my editing field is what I'm
03:37	going to get on my website . This'll is quite
03:40	different than maybe when people were programming in HTML that
03:45	might have a bunch of codes and numbers and weird
03:47	things . But then once you hit save magically ,
03:50	a picture appeared . Okay , so that is jargon
03:53	, wheezy wig . So what do we mean by
03:55	standard English ? We mean things like proper grammar for
03:59	example , the sentence I am here has a subject
04:05	has a verb or the next example . Do not
04:07	pay attention to that man behind the curtain and the
04:11	grammar . There we have a verb we haven't understood
04:14	subject , which is you thief structure . The order
04:18	of the sentence is what we would consider standard .
04:22	Proper pronunciation , for example , in standard English would
04:25	be something like , I am getting ready . And
04:29	that means pronouncing that g ending g in getting as
04:33	opposed to . I'm getting ready . Getting is different
04:37	than getting the next example . Yes , sir .
04:40	You know , fully pronouncing the sir that er sound
04:44	at the end . That's going to be proper pronunciation
04:47	. Proper vocabulary . This is going to be two
04:50	things that level of formality , the idea of what
04:54	is the appropriate level of formality for the for the
04:57	specific audience , some dialect seem and sound extremely informal
05:01	. All the time contrasted with others that may sound
05:05	more formal . And then the example we have mentioned
05:07	before the pop soda and Coke thing . They're all
05:10	referring to the same thing . Some sort of fizzy
05:13	beverage full of sugar that you can enjoy but different
05:16	areas of the nation will call that same item ,
05:19	different things . So some examples of dialect could be
05:23	, uh , Southern English said the idea of the
05:26	word fixing instead of getting ready to do something ,
05:30	I'm fixing to do something . And then the sentence
05:34	. You don't pay him ? No , never mind
05:37	. Basically means don't pay attention to that . Ignore
05:40	him . Don't pay him . No , never mind
05:43	. In Cajun English . So down on their sudden
05:46	Louisiana , the number 24 on our previous map might
05:49	get the idea of the word share . You know
05:52	, don't worry . Share just this idea of kind
05:55	of , ah , throwaway word that you wanna ,
05:57	You know , if you're trying to talk to a
05:58	girl you know , my dear or friend or whatever
06:01	, do you get this universal share thrown out at
06:03	the end there and then in Texas ? I don't
06:08	know if this is a formal linguistic dialect , but
06:11	the idea of y'all you know , instead of hello
06:14	, everyone you get hey y'all . And that's probably
06:18	more prevalent down in Texas and anywhere else . But
06:21	the idea is that standard English would be Hello ,
06:25	everyone or hello , All that are here or something
06:28	more like that . Whereas this particular region uses the
06:31	word y'all more often than not . For example ,
06:37	if you are up in New York , you might
06:40	have a dialect , something like this . He has
06:43	a going rotten break , huh ? You got a
06:46	pain in the noggin and don't sweat it . I'm
06:48	gonna fix you up a noise over here bringing that
06:51	, watching my call it . How the hell am
06:53	I gonna take care of my patients if you don't
06:55	have me ? Them tools ? Yeah , that's a
06:56	goyl . OK , so clearly , we have some
07:00	sort of a conversation between a doctor and his assistant
07:03	asking him toe bring over some tools so he can
07:07	help with this guy . Fix up his head ,
07:09	something like that . And this is what New Yorkers
07:13	may sound like . And so if we were to
07:16	right , what they're supposed to sound like in a
07:19	piece of literature , you can see , you know
07:21	, we're going thio . Use a lot of apostrophes
07:24	for cutting off the ends of words . We're going
07:26	to sound things out phonetically , so that if you
07:29	do read them or do read them aloud , you
07:31	kind of sound like person from this area speaking this
07:34	kind of dialect . So just as a little practice
07:39	for us . We have some examples here of some
07:43	words that are in dialect . And I'd like you
07:45	to take a moment to try and translate them into
07:48	standard English . And so feel free to stop this
07:52	as you think about each one . Number four is
07:55	Mang gray . Number five is squeaked . Number six
08:02	. Y'all get yourself home now you hear Number seven
08:07	that button named Broke . You just gotta mash it
08:09	twice . And so as you scroll through these ones
08:13	, you can start to see the answers for these
08:44	. So in this last one , apparently in the
08:47	south , people don't press or push buttons . They
08:50	use the verb to mash it . So if you
08:53	were to say , Hey , I need to go
08:54	up to the third floor , can you go ahead
08:56	and press that level for me so we could move
08:58	the elevator ? Now they're going to ask you to
09:00	mash it . And so oftentimes the thing to realize
09:06	is that dialect isn't as Aziz noticeable as thes examples
09:09	. I'm trying Thio . Read them aloud to you
09:11	Try to over exaggerate . I don't sound authentically New
09:14	York or authentically Southern , but the point is to
09:18	try and exaggerate , though , so you can hear
09:19	them . And so far we have seen some examples
09:23	of dialect in our readings at times in To Kill
09:26	a Mockingbird . Calpurnia speaks with dialect , and we
09:30	got an example here , where scouts as narrow as
09:33	narrator lets us know , says that she was furious
09:36	and when she was furious , Calpurnia is . Grammar
09:38	became erratic when Tranquility her grandma was as good as
09:42	anybody's and make him . Atticus said . Calpurnia had
09:45	more education than most colored folks . And so here
09:49	is that classic example of dialect coming out Not so
09:53	much in this piece of writing , but just in
09:55	the implication that Calpurnia , who is there black servant
10:00	um , she sounds and speaks standard English . But
10:04	then , when she gets flustered when she gets upset
10:06	, as in the case , when Walter Cunningham comes
10:08	over and pour syrup all over his stuff and scout
10:11	freaks out of him Scout , the narrator then says
10:14	that her grammar tends to become a little erratic ,
10:17	and it sounds a little different . And Cal Party
10:21	actually says there's some folks who don't eat like us
10:24	, but you ain't called on to contradict him at
10:26	the table when they don't that boys your company .
10:29	If he wants to eat up the tablecloth , you
10:31	let him , you hear . And so if you're
10:35	reading this , either to yourself or out loud ,
10:37	and if you're reading the way it's , it's written
10:39	and the way it's punctuated , you're almost forced to
10:42	sound like Calpurnia . And so you're not reading standard
10:45	English anymore . You are reading a little bit Mawr
10:48	dialect . Later , she says , don't matter who
10:53	they are . Anybody sets foot in this house ,
10:55	yours company . And don't let me catch you remarking
10:57	on their ways like you were so high and mighty
10:59	. Your folks might be better in the Cunninghams ,
11:01	but don't count for nothing the way you're disgracing them
11:04	. If you can't act fit to eat at the
11:05	table , you could just sit here and eat in
11:07	the kitchen . And again , I think you can
11:10	see some examples there , um , in Joo's his
11:13	house . So I think if we look at this
11:15	, we can start to see some examples of dialect
11:17	. Even that second line anybody sets foot in this
11:20	house is your company , as opposed to anyone who
11:23	sets foot in . This house is your company .
11:26	We're just getting the words clipped words stuck together later
11:30	on . Your folks might be better in the Cunninghams
11:33	, as opposed to your folks . Might be better
11:36	than the Cunninghams , but it don't count for nothing
11:40	. But it doesn't count for anything the way you
11:42	are disgracing them . And so you can see the
11:45	way Calpurnia clips off the beginnings uses a double negative
11:49	, that kind of stuff , and those are all
11:51	examples of dialect , the idea of changing pronunciation ,
11:55	changing vocabulary and then changing the grammar . And so
12:00	that is it for our look at dialect again just
12:04	to review . The idea is that dialect is a
12:06	regional variation of standard English or of any language at
12:10	that point , a regional variation of a standard of
12:14	that language . And they're going to different terms of
12:16	pronunciation , vocabulary and grammar . They're not necessarily accents
12:23	, but they are structural changes to the language based
12:25	on the region that people are in . So thanks
12:29	so much for watching . If you have any questions
12:31	, bring them into class and we'll go from there
12:33	. Thanks a lot

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A short look at the literary term of dialect, what it is, and why it matters.

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Dialect is a free educational video by WarnerJordanEducation.It helps students in grades 4 practice the following standards L.4.3.C.

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1. L.4.3.C : Differentiate between contexts that call for formal English (e.g., presenting ideas) and situations where informal discourse is appropriate (e.g., small-group discussion)..