SOCIOLINGUISTIC PRINCIPLES OF THE HISTORICAL STAGES OF THE FORMATION OF DIALECTS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Abstract

The article analyzes the peculiarities of the use of dialects in the English language. Dialectology, to which is given considerable attention, to studies not only the phonetic, grammatical and lexical features of individual dialects, but also the relationships between dialects.The study of modern dialects is mainly conducted through interviews with respondents (of different sexes, ages and social relations), a principle that should be considered the most vivid method of observing and directly studying the use of living dialects in the languages.The study of ancient dialectic vocabulary is often based on rather unstable foundations – the presence of single lexemes in one or another linguistic monument, the dialectal affiliation of which is quite controversial.