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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