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GenE
- Includes standard and non‐standard (e.g. slang) forms of English, but no traditional dialects)
StE
- Associated with better education, “correct” grammar and vocabulary, differs from country to country
Traditional dialects
- Developed from old English and doesn’t share grammar and
vocabulary items with modern GenE
Creoles
- Mixture of English and indigenous language, spoken in at least the
second generation.
- A mother language (vs. Pidgin)
Accent
- Only differs in pronunciation (ask someone from Glasgow)