KnowraStandard EnglishLinked fromLinked fromThe 12 pages that link to Standard English, each with the reason it gives.All 12Related 4Compared with 8English as a lingua francaCompared with: Lingua-franca communication can succeed without every speaker following one standardized native norm.Received PronunciationCompared with: Standard English concerns grammar and vocabulary, while Received Pronunciation concerns pronunciation.World EnglishesCompared with: Its standards provide a reference point that World Englishes challenge as the sole norm.English dialectsCompared with: Its conventions are often mistaken for the absence of dialect features.Amos TutuolaCompared with: Critics often measured Tutuola’s prose against conventions it deliberately or inadvertently departed from.West African Pidgin EnglishCompared with: Its prestige contrasts with the everyday reach of West African Pidgin English.History of EnglishCompared with: It is one outcome of historical standardization, not the whole history of English.International EnglishCompared with: International communication may draw on shared conventions without requiring one national standard.