Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 15:33:57 CST

From: salikoko mufwene mufw[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU

Subject: Re: Pronounciation of Oxymoron -Reply



In Message Tue, 12 Sep 1995 13:02:19 CDT,

"Donald M. Lance" ENGDL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MIZZOU1.MISSOURI.EDU writes:



Remember that what's REAL is idiolect, not dialect, the latter being a

construct hypothesized by linguists or school teachers or politicians

or whoever.

Is 'idiolect" really more REAL than 'dialect'? Aren't both abstractions

relative to speech? Or are you just speaking about levels of abstraction?

Sali.

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