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Sociolinguistics: Tuesday 6/8
Sociolinguistics: Tuesday 6/8
• Tuesday 6/8
• Holmes Chapter 1
• Presentation Topics
Sociolinguistics 1
Discussion Questions
Sociolinguistics 2
Discussion Questions (2)
Sociolinguistics 3
Discussion Questions (3)
Sociolinguistics 4
What is Sociolinguistics?
• What do these questions have to do with each
other?
• In a speech community there are many ways to say
the same thing
• We are often guided by social (not linguistic) factors
in choosing which way to say something
• When studying others' use of language, we can't
expect to understand their choices without
considering social (in addition to linguistic) factors
Sociolinguistics 5
Four “Dimensions”
Sociolinguistics 6
Concepts Introduced
• Style
• Dialect
• Variety / code
• Linguistic repetoire
• Speech function
Sociolinguistics 7
Presentation Topics
• Diglossia and Code Switching
• Language Shift
• Pidgins and Creoles
• Language Planning
• Regional and Social Variation
• Gender and Age
• Style and Register
• Speech Functions
• Language and Culture
• Language Attitudes
Sociolinguistics 8