Polkadot JAM Slides - Token2049 - By Dr. Gavin Wood
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6. 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
7. 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 Dialects
9. 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
10. 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
11. “ 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
12. 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
13. A speaker has a repertoire of varietes according to field and switches to the appropriate one as occasion demands.
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