wat differentiates?

• monkeybusiness

  28 May 05, 11:18

  how different is a language compared to a dialect? since both are communication tools
  
  
• hmsg

  28 May 05, 11:20

  Originally posted by monkeybusiness:

  how different is a language compared to a dialect? since both are communication tools
  
  

  language can be spoken n written.... dialect is only spoken... ???
• BabyLover

  28 May 05, 14:49

  Originally posted by hmsg:

  language can be spoken n written.... dialect is only spoken... ???

  no leh.. dialect also can be written...
  
  
• dragg

  28 May 05, 14:51

  hong kongers write cantonese.
  
  
• BabyLover

  28 May 05, 14:53

  Originally posted by monkeybusiness:

  how different is a language compared to a dialect? since both are communication tools
  
  

  hmmm......dialect normally for family members/ relatives or close frens w same dialect to communicate...
  then in sch n working... everyone juz communicate w common lang...english or chinese.. sumting everyone can undstd...
• poon cho tang

  28 May 05, 14:59

  language
  
  1. speech of group: the speech of a country, region, or group of people, including its diction, syntax, and grammar
  
  2. communication with words: the human use of spoken or written words as a communication system
  
  3. system of communication: a system of communication with its own set of conventions or special words
  
  dialect
  
  1. regional variety of language: a regional variety of a language, with differences in vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation
  
  2. language spoken by class or profession: a form of a language spoken by members of a particular social class or profession
  
  language is a general word referring to communication, dialect is a localised version of a particular type of language
• monkeybusiness

  28 May 05, 23:44

  Originally posted by BabyLover:

  hmmm......dialect normally for family members/ relatives or close frens w same dialect to communicate...
  then in sch n working... everyone juz communicate w common lang...english or chinese.. sumting everyone can undstd...

  i communicate with my family in chinese...no dialects involved
  but my parents communicate in hokkien between themselves
• monkeybusiness

  28 May 05, 23:45

  Originally posted by poon cho tang:
  [b]language
  
  1. speech of group: the speech of a country, region, or group of people, including its diction, syntax, and grammar
  
  2. communication with words: the human use of spoken or written words as a communication system
  
  3. system of communication: a system of communication with its own set of conventions or special words
  
  dialect
  
  1. regional variety of language: a regional variety of a language, with differences in vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation
  
  2. language spoken by class or profession: a form of a language spoken by members of a particular social class or profession
  
  language is a general word referring to communication, dialect is a localised version of a particular type of language [/b]

  ic ic
  such definitions oso can find
• kops21

  29 May 05, 00:04

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  29 May 05, 00:05

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  29 May 05, 00:06

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  29 May 05, 00:06

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• BabyLover

  29 May 05, 13:56

  Originally posted by monkeybusiness:

  i communicate with my family in chinese...no dialects involved
  but my parents communicate in hokkien between themselves

  muz b frm young ur parents juz use ch to communicate w u har
• BabyLover

  29 May 05, 14:01

  Originally posted by kops21:

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  wah spamming ah! 4x!!
• monkeybusiness

  31 May 05, 22:45

  Originally posted by BabyLover:

  muz b frm young ur parents juz use ch to communicate w u har

  so clever