According to Hudson, a variety is 'a set of linguistic elements with similar social distribution'. Given that the term dialect has acquired a negative connotation over the years, academics have begun to use the term variety, which is instead considered more neutral. of some English dialect' . As regards dialect, this term refers to "varieties distinct from each other due to differences in grammar and vocabulary". Although the previous explanation may seem complete to most, the word dialect has had various definitions over the years. For example, in the English-speaking world, it is used to refer to "any variety of language that can be linguistically or socially delimited". According to another view, "a dialect is a subset of a language, usually with a geographical restriction in its distribution". According to Trudgill, regarding dialect, it is necessary to make another distinction between traditional dialects and traditional dialects. On the one hand, the former are spoken by the minority of English speakers and are located in the most peripheral and rural areas. On the other hand, traditional dialects include both the standard English dialect and modern non-standard dialects and are associated with urban areas, youth culture, and the so-called middle and upper class. Wells uses different terms to refer to the two previously mentioned dialect categories. In reality, the term Traditional Dialect remains stable, while Mainstream Dialect, in Wells' meaning, becomes General English. Furthermore, Wells notes that the of...... middle of paper ......4-51.McGill, S., 'Double-standard English', English Today, 14 (1998), 6-12. Milroy, J. and Milroy, L., Authority in Language. Investigating Standard English (London and New York: Routledge, 1985). "non-standard, adj. and n." OED Online (Oxford: Oxford University Press., 2013) [accessed 14 January 2014].Trudgill, P., Sociolinguistics. An Introduction to Language and Society (London: Penguin books, 1974). Trudgill, P., The Dialects of England (Cambridge: Basil Blackwell, 1990). Trudgill, P., Introducing Language and Society (London: Penguin, 1992). Trudgill, P., “Standard English: What It Is Not,” in Standard English: The Expanding Debate, ed. by T. Bex and R. J. Watts (London: Routledge, 1999), pp. 117-128.Wells, J.C., Accents of English I: An Introduction (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982).