Some linguist may object to a procedure of descriptive analysis which follows the speakers 'judgement' in the matter of relating forms, since there is obviously not agreement among all speakers. However, in precisely the same way as we are obliged to recognize different dialects in the phonology, morphology, and syntax, we must likewise recognize dialectal distinction in the lexicon, though in semantic analysis we find proportionately greater dialectal divergence [...]
- Nida (1951), a pag.3