Notes (Gibbon)

Dialects

• Regional Dialects
• Accents

Dialects of English

• Phonological Differences
• Lexical Differences
• Dialect Atlases
• Syntactic Differences

The ``Standard''

• Language Purists
• Banned Languages

Black English

• Phonology of Black English
• Syntactic Differences between BE and SAE
• History of Black English

Hispanic English

Lingua Francas

Pidgin and Creoles

• Pidgins
• Creoles

Styles, Slang, and Jargon

• Styles
• Slang
• Jargon and Argot

Taboo or not Taboo?

• Euphemism
• Racial and National Epithets

Language and Sexism

• Marked and Unmarked Forms
• The Generic ``He''
• More Asymmetries
• Female Language

Terminology

accent:

connotative meaning:

creoles:

denotative meaning:

dialect:

diaclect atlases:

euphemism:

generic terms:

idiolect:

isogloss:

jargon:

lingua franca:

marked forms:

pidgins:

slang:

styles:

taboo:

unmarked forms:

Online Links

Start with the local pages and try the links on Petra's page.