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accent tag

accent tag noun: a video uploaded to YouTube in which a speaker signifies bits of English dialectal language distinctive to their region.

Noun

accent tag (plural accent tags)

  1. (Internet) A video uploaded to YouTube in which a speaker signifies bits of English dialectal language distinctive to their region.
    • Hence, clearly the search facilities and strategies represent the “nightmare” aspect of trying to use YouTube for linguistic ... Examples include “Accent tag” videos (as in Figure 13, following something like a dialect questionnaire, ...2016, Elena Seoane, Cristina Suárez-Gómez, World Englishes: New theoretical and methodological considerations, John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 276
    • There are also lots of examples on YouTube, such as the “Accent Tags,” though they have to be used with some caution since they are self-selected and may not always be the ideal representative of a particular dialect.2017, Jeffrey Reaser, Carolyn Temple Adger, Walt Wolfram, Donna Christian, Dialects at School: Educating Linguistically Diverse Students, Routledge, →ISBN

Forms of accent tag

pluralaccent tags

Questions about accent tag

What does accent tag mean?
Accent tag means a video uploaded to YouTube in which a speaker signifies bits of English dialectal language distinctive to their region.
What part of speech is accent tag?
Accent tag is a noun.
What is the plural of accent tag?
The plural of accent tag is accent tags.

Words near accent tag in the dictionary

  1. accent diamond
  2. accent diamonds
  3. accent grave
  4. accent mark
  5. accent marks
  6. accent tag
  7. accent tags
  8. accent wall
  9. accent walls
  10. accent-wise
  11. accentable

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