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Example of language variety. This may include languages dialects registers st. Examples are African American Vernacular English in the USA London Jamaican in Britain and Aboriginal English in Australia. Indigenized varieties are spoken mainly as second languages in ex-colonies with multilingual populations.

22 defines a variety of language as a set of linguistic items with similar distribution a definition that allows us to say that all of the following are varieties. For example variations on the term carbonated beverage including soda pop and coke differ in various areas of the United States. Labovs work in NY.

Age A different variety of language is used when talking to children eg. Caste in India often determines which variety of a language a speaker use. Hudson 1996 p.

Firth who created a basis for British linguists considering language as an interpersonal and interactive tool. A linguistic feature which displays variation according to one or other parameter is called a variable and is indicated by a symbol between parentheses. Registers are sets of vocabulary items associated with discrete occupational or social groups.

2 the Outer Circle which consists of countries where English is used as a second or official language such as India or Singapore. The differences from the standard variety may be linked to English proficiency or may be part of a range of varieties used to express identity. The ability to change from one language variety to another EXAMPLE a doctor speaks of a bone as tibia to his colleagues and as shinbone to his family.

Peekaboo than when talking to a peer. Ferguson 1972 and Wardhaugh 2006 Examples. Social dialect originate from social groups and depend on a variety of factors.