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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(biology) The evolution of a mimic to resemble its model more closely..
The main process in regiolect formation is dialect-to-standard advergence, but there are two caveats to this statement.
Horizontal convergence that causes divergence in a part of a formerly uniform dialect area can be, and often is, accompanied by vertical convergence, i.e., by advergence to the standard language.
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Advergence means (biology) The evolution of a mimic to resemble its model more closely..
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The main process in regiolect formation is dialect-to-standard advergence, but there are two caveats to this statement.
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