nonstandard variety
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
7
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any form or dialect of a language that deviates from the established standard.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Clearly, however, children who speak a nonstandard variety encounter a different set of problems from those who do not, and the extent to which this affects their educational progress will depend on whether the teacher recognizes the nature of the problem."
- "That we refer to a certain type of language as “nonstandard” presupposes that there is a standard language against which this nonstandard variety can be judged."
- "Geneva Tisdale speaks a nonstandard variety of English that is spoken by many black people in the South and throughout the United States."