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  • Essay / Language variation and variation - 733

    Social dialects (sociolects) are varieties associated with speakers belonging to a given demographic group (e.g., women versus men or different social classes) ( about education nd). Regional dialects (regiolects) are the distinct form of a language spoken in a certain geographic area (about education nd). Regional dialects were formed because of the isoglossus which separates the territory of a language which has a single linguistic family. The isogloss is a line drawn to show a dialect boundary between adjacent areas (Wardaugh, 2006: 45). Winston Churchill, in his theory, stated that Britain and America are two nations separated by a common language. His statement reflects the formation of dialects. The dialects come from the same linguistic family and are separated by the