Language and Social Status

Hamid, A. et.al, (2021) examines how language and status relate to the process of
establishing identity. According to Bourdieu's theory of the symbolic power of
language, the importance of speech is influenced by the speaker's place within the
larger social context. A social group's identity formation and negotiation are shaped
by social class, sex, gender, race, ethnicity, and other social positions, all of which are
involved in power negotiations within the social structure. Social positioning is
greatly influenced by forms of capital, which are unequally allocated in a social
setting and include economic, cultural, social, and symbolic capital.
Khan, I. U., Rahman, G., & Hamid, A. (2021). Poststructuralist perspectives on language and
identity: implications for english language teaching research in pakistan. sjesr, 4(1), 257-267.