Yule Chapter 18

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• A uniform/medel variety of a language. Used in school, media. Has been regularised and will permit minimal variation Standard language
• this have less prestige, may be stigmatised. Non-standardforms
• The aspects of an individuals's pronunciation that identifies them as being from a particular region Accent
• Apart from the way you pronunciate words, you change grammar and used non-Standardilized words dialect
• The study of dialects Dialectology
• The boundary between two areas with varying use of one linguistic item related to pronunciation, grammar and vocalisation Isoglosses
• A line representing a set of isoglosses, used to seperate on dialect area from another Dialect boundary
• The gradual merging of one regional variety of a language inro another Dialect continuum
• A situation where there is a "high" or special variety of a language used in fromal situations and a low variety used locally and informally Diaglossia
• members of a social group with a specific kind of language used among them (ex. skaters) Speech community
• An individuals way of speaking idiolect
• A linguistic feature that marks the speaker as a member of a partucular social group Social marker
• When you change the way you speak to differnt people Style-shifting
• Swishing speech style to a higher style Overt perstige
• Swiching speech style to a lower style Covert prestige
• Modifying speech style toward or awat from the preceived style of tje person being talked to Speech accommodation
• Adopting a speech style Convergence
• adopting a speech style that emphasizes social distace by using forms that are different from those used by the person being talked to, as a form of speech Divergence
• A way of speaking associated with a specific context(How you speak in a church, how doctors speak...) Register

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