Are dialect and accent the same thing?
These are two terms which should not be confused. While a dialect is a distinct variation of a language bound to geographical regions or a social stratification, the accent is a blend of linguistic background with speaker effort to pronounce the standard language or a distinct dialect of a completely different language group. The accent speaks may show hence only occurs when they use a language variety or a language different from their own, like when a person speaks French with an English accent.
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