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Within and between languages, social divisions are created when there are differences. This can lead to stereotyping of different kinds, such as gender stereotypes- especially for women along with a "sexist" language, social class stereotypes- i.e. different languages or forms of language relate to different social class, and regional stereotyping of different accents within a language. The accent and dialect of a person triggers different first impressions of people. Some accents within a language can be seen as more desirable and higher social class than others. Sapir and Whorf claimed that when children learn their native language they also learn a particular view of the world. Therefore our language must influence how we think, and this is called linguistic relativity. For example Standard English is the dialect used typically by middle to upper class, and is the language that is taught in schools in the UK, as it is bound...

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