1. Accent(口音):
-- 核心特征:仅指语音层面的变异
-- 典型用法:
• 地方口音(如:Southern accent)
• 外语口音(如:Chinese accent)
• 社会阶层口音(如:posh accent)
-- 关键区别:不涉及词汇/语法差异
-- 常见搭配:heavy/strong accent(浓重口音)
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【Accent】 usually describes how people pronounce words of a language different from their mother tongue. It reveals one’s place of origin.
- Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks English with an Austrian 【accent】 .
【Dialect】 is usually spoken by people who live in a certain region of a country.
Dialects have distinctive vocabulary, pronunciation, intonation, and grammar.
- She spoke the language in a regional 【dialect】 , which made it difficult to understand.