Concepts Introduced
in
Chapters 6 and 7
Regional and social dialects
Gender and age

Accent
Regional dialect

International varieties
Intra-national or intr-continental variation
Dialect chains

Social dialect

 Standard English
 Social Status
    Castes
    Social Class
         Pronunciation
          Grammatical Patterns

Vernacular
 

Gender-exclusive features
Gender-preferential feature

Social status
Preserving society's values
Politeness of subordinates
Vernacular for machismo
Influence of interviewer and context

Age grading

Age and social dialects
Age grading and language change