Guyana

Teacher

• Teacher

• Teacha

• ticha

Feather

• Fiather

• Feda

• Fedda

This mango is very sweet

• Dis mango prappa sweet

• Dis mango is sweet prappa

• Dis mango is prapa sweet

A form of a language that is considered to have less prestige than other forms

• Mesolect

• Basilect

• Acrolect

A form of a language that is considered to be better than other forms by certain people

• Basilect

• Mesolect

• Acrolect

Any variety of language in a creole continuum that is intermediate between the basilect and the acrolect

• Mesolect

• Acrolect

• Basilect

...dialects near in geographical location are very similar, but become increasingly dissimilar in relation to geographic distance

• Dialect continuum

• Style shiffting

• Semantic variation

Is there any discrimination against the Guyanese Creole dialect?

• Yes

• No

Mesolect

• A form of a language that is considered to have less prestige than other forms.

• Any variety of language in a creole continuum (informal).

• A form of a language that is considered to be better than other forms by certain people.

Acrolect

• Any variety of language in a creole continuum (informal).

• A form of a language that is considered to be better than other forms by certain people.

• A form of a language that is considered to have less prestige than other forms.