ABSTRACT
A given language will never be used in exactly the same way by every one of its speakers, as we have already explored in Chapters 5, 6 and 7. Speakers vary considerably in their use of language, and this variation can be caused by a number of things. One of these things is class and this chapter explores the connection between a person's social class and the linguistic variety that they use: in other words, the way in which their social background affects the way they speak.
