1. VARIETIES OF ENGLISH
By Lilian Rivera Zenoff

2. TYPES OF VARIATION
Any use pf the languague involves variation. We find five
types:
REGION
FIELD OF
SOCIAL
DISCOURSE
MEDIUM ATTITUDE

3. Types of variation
 The first two types of variation relate
to the language user and the last three
types relate to language use.
 Varieties according to region have a
well-established label: dialects.
 There are as many dialects as many
people are in the world.

4. SOCIAL VARIATION DEPENDS ON :
EDUCATION
SOCIOECONOMIC
GROUP AGE
ETHNIC GROUP GENDER

5. STANDARD ENGLISH
 There is basically a single spelling and punctuatio
system throughout: with two minor subsystems.
British English American English
(BrE) (AmE)
Both have grammatical differences such as AmE has two past
participles for get and BrE has only one.
Also they have lexical differences, for example: While radio
sets have had valves in BrE, but tubes in AmE, television sets
have tubes in both.

6. Other National Standards
SCOTS
ENGLISH
CARIBBEAN IRISH
ENGLISH ENGLISH
ENGLISH
SOUTH LANGUAGE CANADIAN
AFRICA
ENGLISH
ENGLISH
NEW ZELAND AUSTRALIAN
ENGLISH ENGLISH