Talk:Accent (sociolinguistics)

message: The section "Prestige" refers to Received Pronunciation as a prestigious accent of English. User:Lguipontes recently expanded the section with reference to Southeastern Brazilian accents of Brazilian Portuguese. I think it is proper to expand the article with a more worldwide view, but the edits somewhat confusingly refer to "the more cultivated paulistano (Greater São Paulo dialect) and carioca (Greater Rio de Janeiro accent)". That is, the prose mixes reference to dialect and to accent.
The source cited appears to treat dialects, particularly lexical and sociocultural differences, rather than accents as such. In relevant part: "Os dialetos existem em enorme quantidade em nosso país, e não estou falando de sotaques" [There exist an enormous quantity of dialects in our country, and I am not talking about accents.] (emphasis added). The blog post goes on to mention lexical difference and to discuss cultural norms in education; there does not appear to be any discussion of accent in the body of the post, thought it is mentioned in the comments.
After I reverted one edit, Lguipontes re-added substantially the same content, but helpfully added the source I refer to above. Rather than engage in an edit war, I have asked Lguipontes to comment here, and would appreciate if other editors could help re-write the section in question, preferably with additional sources that are more on-point. Thanks, Cnilep (talk) 04:12, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: That is ok, I comprehend you. Actually, I never engage(d) in edit wars because if I can not prove my point, I tend to agree with the other editor at least for a moment. And this issue of my edits being truthful but generally absent of verifiability (I try to put it always where I find important, sometimes I fail) is constant so I think there is no need for major concern. Right now, I'm quite occupated for personal reasons so I can not resume my point in a just few phrases, I will actually be pretty wordy, but I promise you I'll write something useful the sooner I can. Lguipontes (talk) 15:08, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  São Paulo dialect and prestige accents 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: An editor or editors using two different IP addresses (from what seem to be the same ISP) made identical edits to this article on 20 June and and 22 June 2022. The edits removed the short description of "foreign accent" cited to Rosina Lippi-Green's book, English with an Accent. I don't have the book in front of me, but the deleted phrase seems innocuous, and consistent with Lippi-Green's arguments as I remember them.
It is difficult to contact anonymous editors about this. If this person or persons continue removing this phrase, I wonder is some kind of temporary page protection might be warranted? On one hand, page protection seems a bit aggressive to deal with the issue, but on the other hand I can't think of another way to get the attention of an editor using multiple IPs (beyond, of course, this talk page message). Cnilep (talk) 02:43, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  IP editor(s) 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: not moved. (non-admin closure) Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 23:55, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 17 February 2023