Text: Language: The Social Mirror, 3rd Edition by Elaine Chaika, Honeywell and Honeywell Publishers, Boston, MA 1994.
1. What is the difference between a dialect and accent?
2. Why is there no difference between some dialects and languages?
3. What is a standard dialect?
4. Are dialects defective language?
5. Can you think of examples where accents are used to promote something besides those mentioned on Page 266 paragraph 2?
6. What is considered proper speech? Explain.
7.Why do some feel that English is in a state of decay?
8. Explain the statement: "how one speaks is inextricably bound up with one's identity."
9. What is DARE and LANE? What was their use? What are the criticisms about them?
10. What is the difference between an isogloss and an isophone?
