accent 和 dialect 的差別在哪裡？如果不好說明，請提供一些例句。

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Smotis

2016年1月5日

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英語 (美國)

For example, in English there is a (general) British accent and there's a (general) American accent, which are different in the sense that pronunciation is different overall, but speakers with both accents can understand each other with little difficulty.

Different dialects of a language, on the other hand, may not be understood by all speakers of that language. For example in Chinese, we have Mandarin (which is the official language of China) and dialects like Cantonese. People who only speak Mandarin cannot understand with Cantonese speakers in general.

There's a well-known saying: "A language is a dialect with an army and a navy."

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Debashis

2016年1月5日

英語 (美國)

Accent is usually associated with speaking one language from another foreign language and not being able to pronounce some words.

Dialect means that you are a native speaker but refers to how pronunciation changes based on where the language is spoken.

Smotis

2016年1月5日

英語 (美國)

For example, in English there is a (general) British accent and there's a (general) American accent, which are different in the sense that pronunciation is different overall, but speakers with both accents can understand each other with little difficulty.

Different dialects of a language, on the other hand, may not be understood by all speakers of that language. For example in Chinese, we have Mandarin (which is the official language of China) and dialects like Cantonese. People who only speak Mandarin cannot understand with Cantonese speakers in general.

There's a well-known saying: "A language is a dialect with an army and a navy."

Smotis

2016年1月5日

英語 (美國)

Also, as Debashish points out, "accent" can also refer to the pronunciation of someone whose native language is not whichever one you are talking about. For example, "He has a strong accent" means that it is very obvious that he is not a native speaker.

kjohn3

2016年1月5日

英語 (美國)

"Accent" is just a difference in pronunciation.

"Dialect" is a difference in pronunciation and also vocabulary or grammar.

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Pengularity

2016年1月5日

韓語

@Debashish @Smotis @kjohn3

Now I can tell the difference between them!
I appreciate all of you, ladies and gentlemen. :)
Satoshi from Japan uses Kansai 'dialect' (in Kansai accent), while John from England tries to speak standard Japanese as natives do, but fail to let his foreign accent go away from him. Is that right?

Debashis

2016年1月5日

英語 (美國)

@birmbert: That's correct!

Pengularity

2016年1月5日

韓語

@Smotis It seems I've already heard of that saying before. Still, I am not sure if I fully understand its meaning. :(
Does it say "the way of speaking which individuals who have their force and power use become prevailed (to certain extent) and standardized"?
Thanks again for your help in advance!