1. Standard English is the language spoken by educated Americans.
2. Slang means street language that coins new words and new meanings.
3. Dialect is the regional variation of the national language.
4. Jargon is the language of a skill, trade, or profession.
5. Idiom: phrases and expressions unique to a language.
6. Language: the sounds and soud patterns that are meaninful to people from the same culture.
7. Writing is a graphic representation of sounds.
8. Ungrammatical speech: language spoken by a child learnig to talk.
