1. WHY DO INDIVIDUAL LANGUAGES VARY AMONG PLACES?
DIALECT
REGIONAL VARIATION OF A LANGUAGE DISTINGUISHED BY DISTINCTIVE VOCABULARY, SPELLING & PRONUNCIATION
ISOGLOSS
WORD USAGE BOUNDARY
WHAT ROLE DID ORIGINAL ENGLISH SETTLERS PLAY IN DIALECTS OF NORTH AMERICA? HOW MANY?
NEW ENGLAND: 2/3 ANGLIA
SOUTHEASTERN: SE ENGLAND, MORE SOCIALLY DIVERSE
MIDLANDS: MOST DIVERSE GEOGRAPHICALLY

2. VOCABULARY & PRONUNCIATION POP? SODA? TOMATO? TOMAHTO?
ROLE OF:
GLOBALIZATION
COMMUNICATION
TRANSPORTATION
SOME WORDS NOW NATIONAL
DIFFUSION AND MIGRATION DIRECT RELATIONSHIP
MOVING WEST
HOW IS DIALECT PATTERN SIMILAR TO FOLK HOUSING PATTERN IN U.S.?
PAJAMAS (FATHER)
PAJAMAS (JAM)
WHAT IS “THE CITY”?

3. IDENTIFY WAYS UK & US DIALECTS DIFFER
WHAT GROUPS INVADED BR. ISLES?
ANGLES, JUTES, SAXONS – GERMANIC
NORMANS – FRENCH
STANDARD LANGUAGE: WELL ESTABLISHED & RECOGNIZED DIALECT & MOST ACCEPTABLE FOR GOV’T BUS, ED & COMM.
BRP OR RP: BRITISH RECEIVED PRONUNCIATION: NAME OF STANDARD LANGUAGE OF ENGLAND
HOW DID RP DIFFUSE IN 15TH CENTURY?
WHY WOULD PATTERN OF ISOGLOSSES IN ENGLAND BE MOVING?
MIGRATION PATTERNS
WHO IS NOAH WEBSTER?
VOCAB, SPELLING, PRONUNCIATION
NATIONAL LANGUAGE, NATIONAL PRIDE, ESTABLISH US AS SEPARATE FROM ENGLAND