Semantics studies the relation of meaning to the signs and symbols of language. *

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The distinction between dialect and accent is that dialects are different pronunciations of a language, and accents are subdivisions of languages. *

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Because accent only deals with pronunciation, meanwhile term dialect refers to phonological, syntactical, etc… differences

 

 Standard English refers to grammar, morphology, vocabulary and pronunciation *

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R.P is the accent chosen by British teachers to teach foreign learners. *

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Diachronic linguistics studies language change over time. *

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Diachronic- Linguistics. [tr. F. diachronique (F. de Saussure a 1913, in Cours de linguistique générale (1916) iii. 120).] Pertaining to or designating a method of linguistic study concerned with the historical development of a language; historical, as opposed to descriptive or synchronic. Also transf., in Anthropology, etc. Hence diachronically adv.; diachrony.

R.P. stands for Real Pronunciation *

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It is Received Pronunciation

"Dogs" is a minimal morphological unit *

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Register refers to geographical characteristics of language. *

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Register - Linguistics. A variety of a language or a level of usage, spec. one regarded in terms of degree of formality and choice of vocabulary, pronunciation, and (when written) punctuation, and related to or determined by the social role of the user and appropriate to a particular need or context

RP originated in the north of England. *

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RP is the best pronunciation of English. *

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It is the one that most English speakers understand