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EPISODE · Feb 20, 2019 · 18 MIN

Episode 65: Dialect vs. Language

from Words for Granted - An etymology and linguistics podcast

'American English' is the variety of English spoken in the United States of America ... obviously. But is American English a language unto itself or a dialect of British English? In this episode, we discuss the differences between dialects and languages (if there are indeed any at all) from a linguistic point of view. Part 1 in a series on American English.

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