Dialect Article

Are dialects changing?

Nowadays dialects have become identifiable by just hearing an individual's idiolect, we almost use stereotypes to immediately categorise one's  background,social group and home that has influenced the idiolects. Media and the internet are partly to blame by the spread of various dialects and social groups worldwide by connecting people from all over the world in just under 3 seconds. Infact the internet contributes highly to why people know some much about different dialects and social groups and why people of our world have become so judgemental.

however, are dialects changing?

A geordie accent contrasts with a south london accent,by simple letters being pronounced a unique
 way. these accents sound even more overpowering if you were to put a person with a geordie accent within a group of people with a south london accent or even the other way round.although if the person with the geordie accent was to stay a week with the south londoners his accent will simple merge to suit the type of socialect to make it seem he was apart of the group of people.

Although Accent isn't the only way people to make different dialects feel a contrast with one another;by the influence of a certain socialect for example teenagers were to speak with an elderly person from the same region would soon feel out their dept.

But what if you were to stay within a certain socialect for a longer period of time ?

people automatically would merge into a sociolect they're  not to adjust to the person's way of speech depending on the power they both hold.Putting Into context a posh person speaking with a bristolian; The posh speaking person hold the most power resulting in the bristolian trying to adjust to the way in which the posh person speaks almost out of embarrassment.