How does the author’s dialect affect the readers’ interpretation of the story? Throughout the research on dialect it was interesting to find so many different types of dialect throughout the world. There are even many different types of dialect in the United States of America and throughout our history. In this paper the discussion of philosophy of dialect, American dialect, musical and vocal dialect and finally how it all ties together by the author and reader. Before beginning the different types of dialect it is very important to know the definition of dialect. According to LiteraryDevices.net the definition of dialect is “Dialect is a very powerful and common way of characterization, which elaborates the geographic and social background …show more content…
Most of the time Hindu, Buddhist, Dharmakirti, Tibetan, and Indian scholars practiced philosophical and religious debates in a public setting that were used to discuss “logic, epistemology and metaphysics” (Liberman 52). This was conducted in public so the lay person would be able to see and understand many different minds and cultures arguing but fighting for their countries to be better. The debates were recorded and given many different types of written dialects as to represent each country. Eastern philosophy and dialect are a lot different than American dialect, however there are still many different types of dialect in the United States. Just as in Eastern dialect, the recorder would give different types of dialect to represent the countries, as does American authors. When reading American Literature there are many different types of dialect detected, some being from the South, North, Mid-West, and Coastal. However, this does account for all the different types of countries who immigrated into the United States and what type of dialect they …show more content…
“…rhetorical power of dialect for occasions of rebellion, thereby ‘shocking’ the reader away from making an association between dialect and deference” (Levy 212). It is very important to understand there are many different types of dialect in states/territories, countries and the world. “To help student understand a fuller range of English—beyond so-called Standard English—I had selected ten children’s books that I believed to contain authentic examples of African American Vernacular English and Scottish, Louisiana Creole, and Appalachian dialects” (Duinen & Wilson