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• Geographical diffusion
Over the larger area of Great Britain, geographical diffusion tends to take place as opposed to dialect levelling. In this case specific language features spread out from a densely populated, economical and culturally dominant centre. Where dialect levelling takes place locally, geographical diffusion covers large areas (Kerswill, 2003).
• Social dialect
The Survey of British Dialect Grammar suggests the term social dialect as supposed to regional dialect because the dialect a person uses seems to be more closely related to a person’s social activities and relationships with other people than to the place where they reside (Cheshire, Edwards, & Whittle, 1989).
• Koinéization
Koinéization is the process by which speakers create a new language variety based on the dialects of the speakers whom they have come into contact with (Milroy, 2002).
• Standardisation of language
The formalization of a language variety with the intervention of an institution (Milroy, 2002).
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