dialect leveling
Regional speech blending
Dialect leveling is the process by which distinctive features of regional speech varieties fade or disappear as speakers from different areas come into regular contact.
Over time, unusual pronunciations, vocabulary, and grammatical patterns give way to more widely shared forms.
This typically happens through urbanization, mass media, and increased mobility.
Dialect leveling has erased many traditional Yorkshire expressions over the past century.
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- homogenizationMaking things the same
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- speech patternsCharacteristic speaking tendencies
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