Regional phonological or phonetic
distinctions are often referred to
as different accents.
Phonological
differences
The pronunciation of British English (or
many dialects of it) differs in systematic
ways from pronunciations in many
dialects of American English
Syntactic
differences.
Dialects can also be distinguished by
systematic syntactic differences. In
most American dialects, sentences
may be conjoined.
Lexical
differences.
Regional dialects may differ in
words people use for the
same objects, as well as in
phonology.
Dialect
Atlases.
The dialectologists who created
the map noted the place where
speakers use one word or
another word for the same
item.
Social Dialects.
Standard American
English.
SAE is a dialect of English that many
Americans nearly speak. It is an
idealization because SAE is not precisely.
Annotations:
SAE is a dialect of English that many Americans nearly speak. It is an idealization, because SAE is not defined precisely.
African American
English.
This dialect is spoken by a large population of
American of African descent; also variously called
African American Vernacular English(AAVE), Black
English (BE), Inner City English(ICE), and Ebonics.
Latino (Hispanic)
English.
Large numbers of immigrants from
Spanish-speaking countries of South and Central
America, Mexico and the Caribbean islands have
created a dialect called Chicano English(ChE).