VARIETIES OF ENGLISH FIELD OF DISCOURSE REGION They

VARIETIES OF ENGLISH

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

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

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

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

Great Britain Dialects

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