“a nonstandard dialect is one used by uneducated speakers or socially disfavored groups”
“"the common core of nonstandard words and phrases in folk speech"- A.R.Dunlap”
- Synonyms
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bad
nonstandard
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unacceptable, unaccepted
not conforming to standard usage
- Antonyms:
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received, standard
conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers
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acceptable
judged to be in conformity with approved usage
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classical
(language) having the form used by ancient standard authors
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