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Aesthetics: Diction Imitation

Description

When a character imitates or approximates the dialect of another, whose dialect they themselves do not use. BR

Parent Term

  • Diction

Sibling Terms

  • "Is" / "Was" to refer to present or past
  • Accent
  • African American vernacular dialect
  • Double entendre
  • Ethnic slur
  • Hill dialect
  • Malapropism
  • Misogynistic wording
  • Native American languages
  • Neologism
  • Northern dialect
  • Racist term
  • Rural vernacular
  • Southern dialect
  • Western vernacular

Tagged Events

"Go Down, Moses", 266 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Education›Illiteracy | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Texts›Newspapers | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Imitation | Narrative›Imagined conversation
Flags in the Dust, 19 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Dancing
Aesthetics: Diction›Imitation | Figures of Speech›Simile
Go Down, Moses, 364 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Education›Illiteracy | Mass Media›Newspaper
Themes and Motifs: Values›Family honor
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Imitation | Narrative›Imagined conversation