Accent + dialect

• Accent - the way you pronounce words depending on where you live, country, area or class.
• Dialect - lexical features or grammatical variations specific to a particular region.
• Received Pronunciation (RP) - way of pronouncing British English that is often considered to be the Standard accent.
• Standard English - dialect of English that is considered to have the most prestige + is used in the education system + in formal written texts.
• Idiolect - speech habits peculiar to a particular person.
• Sociolect - dialect of a particular social class group.
• Overt prestige - prestige acquired in a community by using a standard or formal language variety associated with power + status.
• Covert prestige - high value placed towards a non-standard form of a variety in a speech community.
• Slang - words or phrases that are considered informal.
• Taboo - lexical choices which can be deemed offensive, taboo language - inappropriate/ unacceptable.
• Neologisms - new words that are constantly entering the English language.
• Occupational register - an occupational register or jargon largely bases on shared understanding between certain groups or individuals.