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Geographical dispersion is in fact the classic

basis for linguistic variation

Dispersion results in dialects becoming so

distinct that we regard them as different

languages

The dialects of English that have resulted from the regional

separation of communities within the Bristish Isles and

elsewhere in the world

Dialects

All dialects can be described with the same kind of precision as standard language variation

Pronunciation , morphology, vocabulary, grammar, and semantic that make one group of speakers different from another

Lexical differences

Educated and

uneducated speech

There is considerable

According to

Educated and

uneducated speech

The former can be identified with

nostandard regional dialect

The latter moves away from

regional usage to a form of english taht cuts across

regional boundaries

Educated English tends to be given

the additional prestige of governmet

agencies, the professions, the political parties,

teh press, teh law court, and the

pulpit

It`s codified in dictionaries,

grammars, and guides to usage,

and it is taught im teh school system

at all levels

It`s used in academic writing, grammatical, linguistic correct

It`s a variation of language

It`s prestigios

It`s spoken by educated people

It is not associated

with geography

It is not non_ native

speakers

“Number of distinctive usages and in the degree

to which these distinctions are instutionalized”

E.G Scots, Hiberno_English, Irish English,Canadian English, New Zeland and Australian English

AmE and BrE differences

Bre : It`s comes close to enjoying

the status of “standard”-

associated with the older shools and universities of England “RP”

E.G BrE : lift

AmE: elevator

A speaker has a repertoire of varietes according to field and

switches to the appropriate one as occasion demands.

Differences between

Derive from two sources SituationalDevices we use to transmit language by speech stress, rhythm, intonation,tempo

Depends on Depends on

Formal and informal contexts show grade of differences in attitude