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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What word refers to a regional variety of a particular language?
A
dialect
B
simile
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A geographical/regional dialect may be termed a regiolect (alternative terms include ‘regionalect’, ‘geolect’, and ‘topolect’). According to this definition, any variety of a given language can be classified as “a dialect", including any standardized varieties.

Detailed explanation-2: -dialect, a variety of a language that signals where a person comes from. The notion is usually interpreted geographically (regional dialect), but it also has some application in relation to a person’s social background (class dialect) or occupation (occupational dialect).

Detailed explanation-3: -Dialectology (from Greek , dialektos, “talk, dialect"; and-, -logia) is the scientific study of linguistic dialect, a sub-field of sociolinguistics. It studies variations in language based primarily on geographic distribution and their associated features.

Detailed explanation-4: -The three main types of dialects are regional, standard, and sociolect.

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