varities of english
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With the passage of time
This geographical Dispersion resulted in DIALECTSDIALECTS
Pronunciation, morphology, vocabulary, and semantic that make one group of speakers different from another group of speakers of the same language.
Pronunciation, morphology, vocabulary, and semantic that make one group of speakers different from another group of speakers of the same language.
Etc.
English dialectsappeared
As a result from the regional separation of communities within the British Isles.
Involves variation in speech related Involves variation in speech related to : to :
Is focus especially on
A prominent example is
Related with the degree of
acceptance of the language
AmericanAmerican
subsystemsubsystemWith distinctive forms in only a small class of
words
Colour,Centre,Levelled, etc.
Color, Center,Leveled,etc.
Both have1. Gramatical differences (BrE) “The goverment is or are in favour of economic sanctions” (a
singular or plural verb may be used in this sentense)(AmE) “The goverment is in favour of economic sanctions”2. Lexical differences(BrE) Torch (AmE) Flashlight
ScotsScots
Hiberno-Hiberno-EnglishEnglish CanadianCanadian
EnglishEnglish
South South AfricaAfrica
AustraliaAustralia
NewNewZealandZealand
Which is Which is associated associated
withwith
The older schools The older schools and universities of and universities of
EnglandEngland
One type of One type of pronunciation ispronunciation is
RP “Received Pronunciation”
Varieties Varieties according according
toto
Varieties Varieties according according
toto
field of discoursefield of discourse
A speaker has repertoire of varieties according to field
and switches to the appropriate one as occasion demands.
Law CookeryEngineering
the mediumthe mediumattitudeattitude
Differences between
Spoken Written
to the
A gradient in attitude between
Formal Neutral Informal