Reflection of Lippie-Green's English with an Accent :: Language, ideology, and discrimination in the United States

"... a dialect is nothing more than a language that gets no respect." Is that why Vernacular language is debatable as to is it a language or not? Is a language more respectful than a dialect? Why is that? What is wrong being a dialect of a language?

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Is English being a Germanic (more specific, West Germanic) language a degrading thing?

The following quote helped me thought about Vernacular English.

"Two varieties of a single language are divided by accent when differences are restricted primarily to phonology (prosodic and segmental features).

If two varieties of a single language also differ in morphological structures, syntax, lexicon, and semantics, then they are different varieties, or dialects, of the same language.

If two varieties of a common mother language differ in all these ways, and in addition have distinct literary histories, distinct orthographies and/or geopolitical boundaries, then they are generally called different languages."

Don't all dialects have their own history, geopolitical boundaries, and sometimes orthographies (A Clockwork Orange, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)?

Maybe next time, Mr. Kahakua can say,

You would like me to obtain a Standard English accent? Sure! Please tell me what kind: Eastern English, Midwestern English, Southern English, or Western English? You want me to have the Hollywood accent? Sure, Would you like the accent be from California then? Would you want the standard English be from San Fransisco, or San Diego?

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