nonstandard variety

Definitions

1. 1

   Any form or dialect of a language that deviates from the established standard.

   • The contents of this booklet are the results of a unified effort by experienced teachers and sociolinguists to "help students whose native tongue is a nonstandard variety of English."
   • Finally, many children speak a nonstandard variety of their native language even though they understand the standard variety, which is the language of wider communication.
   • Even if there is not a variety of English spoken exclusively by Negroes, the fact is the great majority of culturally disadvantaged Negro pupils speak a nonstandard variety of English.

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