1. Varieties of English

2. Social Group
Region
Types of Variation
Field of Discourse
Attitude
Medium

3. Geographical Dispersion
Regional Variation
Dialects
Geographical Dispersion
e.g. The Germanic Dialect
So distinct that we regard them as different languages
Dutch
Swedish
English
German

4. Social Variation Uneducated Educated Non-Standard regional dialect
Standard English
British
American

5. National Standards of English
British
American
Grammatically
Lexically

6. Other National Standards
Irish English
Scots English
‘Lallans’ Scots
Other National Standards
Canadian English
New Zealand English
South African English
Australian English

7. Received Pronunciation (RP)
and
Standard English
Received Pronunciation (RP)
BrE
AmE
Non-regional
Prestigious
Vocabulary
Orthography
Grammar

8. Manner of speaking related to the situation and /or context
Varieties
according to
Field of discourse
Medium
Written English
Spoken English
Manner of speaking related to the situation and /or context
Stress
Explicit
Rhythm
e.g. Law, cookering
Intonation

9. Varieties according to
Relatively stiff
Polite
Formal
Impersonal
Cold
Attitude
Relatively relaxed
Informal
Casual
Friendly
Warm