Meaning of nonstandard variety | Babel Free

Definitions

Any form or dialect of a language that deviates from the established standard.

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“It is important to remember that the so-called English speakers came predominantly from areas where nonstandard varieties of English were spoken, either in the British Isles, the Caribbean, or North America.”

CEFR level