nonstandard

UK /nɑnˈstændɚd/ US /nɑnˈstændɚd/
adj 2noun 1

Definitions

adj

1

Not standard.

2

Not conforming to the standard variety, or to the language as used by the majority of its speakers.

The resulting sequence of covert wh-pronoun + Complementiser has an overt counterpart in nonstandard varieties of English, as the following example (recorded from a BBC radio programme) illustrates: (91) England put themselves in a position [whereby that they took a lot of credit for tonightʼs game] (Ron Greenwood, BBC radio 4)

noun

1

Something that is not standard.

Unlike the TV standard we are all accustomed to, the Web is the wild, wild West of video nonstandards.

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