Talk:Diatype

Although this article does quite well to make clear the theoretical distinction between dialect and diatype, I don't think the example given of AAVE fits very well. AAVE could be a diatype just as well as a dialect; some speakers of AAVE (like myself) do not use it at all in daily life. Thoughts? Dawson 19:16, 14 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Sure. Feel free to replace it with a better example. :) ntennis 11:54, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Merge to Register (sociolinguistics)
The more commonly used term for a variety of language associated with a particular context of use is register. I can find only five articles that use the term diatype (in the relevant sense - searching is complicated by the existence of the term DIA-type apparatus in physics). Since it is only about 200 words, Diatype could easily be made a section of the page Register (sociolinguistics). Cnilep (talk) 16:59, 24 June 2009 (UTC)