Dialect Flashcards

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Standard English

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Whatever dialect/ variation of English language that is used

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Non - standard English

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Doesn’t use pronunciation, grammar or vocabulary properly

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Sociolect

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The language used by a particular social group

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Idiolect

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Your own particular/ individual way of speaking including the way your voice sounds, and the words, phrases, expression you use

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Urban black English

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The varieties of the English language, spoken by working/ middle class Africans

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