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2. REGIONAL DIALECTS
• Different in use of language due to geographical discrepancies
• Geographical Barriers Distance is an important factor The distinction is
clear-cut
• Not easily influenced by external factors
WHAT IS SOCIAL DIALECT ?
a variety of language that reflects social variation in language use, according to certain
factors related to the social group of the speaker such as education, occupation, income
level etc.
• Social dialect is also known as sociolect.
• According to Peter Trudgill,” Sociolect is a variety which is thought of as being related
to its speakers’ social background rather than geographical background.”
FACTORS AFFECTING SOCIAL DIALECT
Social class
Religion
Education
Profession
Caste
Age
Gender
HOW LANGUAGES VARY IN SOCIAL
DIALECT?
Vocabulary
Pronunciation
Grammar
SOCIAL CLASS : VOCABULARY AS A SOCIAL MAKER
In the 1950s in England, many pairs of words were to identify the social group the
speaker belongs to.
The word either placed the speaker in the “Upper-class speakers” or the “non-upper
class speaker”.
In Indonesia, the Javanese language reflects the social status not just in
the choice of linguistic forms but also in the combination of forms which
each social group uses. There are 3 distinct social groups: