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What is Standard American English?
The form of the English language used in the United States in formal and professional speech and writing.
Why is important standardize?1.- National unity2.- Order in language = order in society3.- Ease of communication
Sometimes SAE is associated with a generic, normative, middle-class population and that is not true. Nevertheless, the connection between a standard , "correct" way of speaking and education does regularly surface when we talk about SAE.
American Authorities of Standarization in the US
JournalismLiteratureBroadcastingEducation: English and Style guiades produced by academies
To sum up:1.- Homogeneous linguistic standard is only an abstract ideal.2.- A singular dialect of Standard American English has never been fully codified or elaborated.3.- While a homogeneous, national standard is perceived. in the United States, it may be more accurate to say that regional standards exist.4.- The NBC standard to a nonregional, "accentless" form.