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VARIETIES OF ENGLISH

VARIETIES OF ENGLISH. Activity that people are engaged. FIELD OF DISCOURSE. REGION. They live in a region or have once lived in that region. TYPES OF VARIATION. Depends on the proximity of the participants in the communication. MEDIUM. SOCIAL GROUP. ATTITUDE.

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VARIETIES OF ENGLISH

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  1. VARIETIES OF ENGLISH

  2. Activity that people are engaged FIELD OF DISCOURSE REGION They live in a region or have once lived in that region TYPES OF VARIATION Depends on the proximity of the participants in the communication MEDIUM SOCIAL GROUP ATTITUDE Language is conditioned by the relationship of the participants in the particular situation Affiliation with a social group Varieties related to the language use: people select the varieties according to the situation and purpose of the communication Varieties according to the language user and according with the situation

  3. We regard them as different language dialects REGION VARIETY Geographical dispersion Age and sex Educated English Standard English SOCIAL VARIATION uneducated nonstandard Ethnic group Education Socioeconomic group

  4. STANDARD ENGLISH Political Social Degree of acceptance of a single standard of English throughout the world spelling vocabulary grammar pronunciation

  5. NATIONAL STANDARDS OF ENGLISH Irish English Scots English Canadian English British English (BrE) American English (AmE) OTHER NATIONAL STANDARS Prestige Associated with Older school and university of England South Africa Australian English New Zealand English • Differences: • Vocabulary • Grammar • orthography

  6. Great Britain Dialects

  7. Varieties Field of discourse Medium Attitude Depends on our attitude to the hearer(reader), to the topic, to the purpose of our communication Type of activity engaged in though language spoken written Lexical item Used a lot expressions and signs to be understood Are used many devices to transmit the language Law, cookery, engineering, football formal informal Stress, rhythm, intonation, tempo

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