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| a system of communication whereby speakers and hearers, using a set of internalized operations, can relate sound and meaning |
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| the ability to adjust loudness, intonation, level of vocabulary, and other features of spoken language for a child's comprehension |
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| the ability to adjust loudness, intonation, level of vocabulary, and other features of spoken language to adapt to the comprehension of adults |
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| styles of speech adjusted to the perceived needs of our listener |
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| a person who uses two dialects appropriately |
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| a variation of a language that may result from isolation of one form or another |
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| a characteristic manner of pronouncing sounds, the result of dialect or native language influence |
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| the influence that native language has on the speaking of another language |
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| a homogenized variety of speech that has developed across all the US |
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| dialect found in New England, New York City, and the Middle Atlantic States, and Western Pennsylvania |
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| dialect that is found in the Southern states including South Central, Southern, and Appalachian regions |
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| spoken by a relatively small number of people living in the ___________ _________ of the southeast US |
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| African American Vernacular English (AAVE) |
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| a diverse dialect found throughout the US, had its beginnings in the creole languages of west africa |
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| the speech form characteristic of a single individual; the result of the speech history of an individual |
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