the standard and nonstandard varieties are in fact logically constructed; both have systematic rules of creating the reflexive forms of pronouns. For the standard dialect, the rules distinguish between singular and plural pronouns; they also distinguish the first and second person pronouns from the third person pronoun. On the contrary, for the nonstandard dialect, the distinction is made between singular and plural pronoun; but there is no distinction in terms of person: the first, second and third person pronouns from the reflexive forms in the same way. This case of reflexive pronouns suggests that nonstandard varieties are rule-governed and not linguistically defective. But since they are used to represent the speech of a less prestigous group of group of people, they are ofthen judged to be socially less valued.