What do you think would be the consequences

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Question: Language in Society" has introduced you to the concept of dialects, recognizing that even among a group of people who speak the same language, there is still tremendous linguistic diversity. The authors of our textbook emphasizes that all of these varieties, or dialects, follow the same fundamental principles of language and are equally effective and useful in the social contexts in which they are used. They also talk about "standard" or "prestige" dialects, an institutionally preferred way of speaking a language, against which other dialects of that language are considered, "'substandard, colloquial, vulgar, and slang.'" The prestige dialect in English is called Standard American English, a dialect usually emphasized or taught in schools as preferable, even as the only legitimate form of English. The authors of our textbook, though, call Standard American English, "an idealization. Nobody speaks this dialect; and if somebody did, we would not know it, because SAE is not defined precisely (like most dialects, none of which are easy to clarify)."

With this in mind, respond to the questions:

Given what you have read in Chapter 7 about dialects, do you think American schools should continue to emphasize and teach ONLY Standard American English? Why or why not?

What do you think are the consequences (negative and/or positive) of schools' emphasis on SAE?

What do you think would be the consequences if schools continued to teach SAE as a preferred dialect used by professionals but also recognized SAE as one of many acceptable dialects of English that exist in the US?

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