Salita at Kultura

Etnisdad at
Sosyal Network

FL 385: Sosyolingguwistikang Filipino

Wendell A. Lived
wendell_lived@spcis.edu.ph
 ETNISIDAD
Kapag ang isang tao ay nabibilang sa
isang pangkat, hindi nalalayong
magkakapareho sila ng pananalita.
Ngunit, napakaraming mga iba’t ibang
pangkat sa isang komunidad kung kayat
nakapagbabahagi ang isang indibiduwal
ng natatangi sa kanyang lingguwistika sa
iba pang ispiker.
 Ang etnisidad ay ang
pagkakaroon ng identidad sa, o
pagiging kasapi sa isang
partikular na lahi o kultural na
pangkat. Ang gawi,
paniniwala, at wika ang
nagiging batayan kung anong
grupo sila nabibilang o kasapi.
Kapag ang isang tao ay kinilala ng
isang pangkat etnolinggwistiko
bilang kasapi dahil sa pagkakapareho
ng kanilang pinagmulan itinuturing
nila ang isa’t isa bilang malayong
kamag-anakan.
 Ang pagkakapare-pareho ng
wika at etnisidad ang nagiging
batayan ng pagpapangkat ng tao.
Itinuturing nilang ibang pangkat
etniko ang mga taong kaiba ang
wika, etnisidad at kultura sa
kanila.
 Many ethnic groups use a distinctive
language associated with their ethnic
identity. Where a choice of language is
available for communication, it is often
possible for an individual to signal their
ethnicity by the language they choose to
use. Even when a complete conversation in
an ethnic language is not possible, people
may use short phrases, verbal fillers or
linguistic tags, which signal ethnicity.
SOSYAL NETWORK
One of the most fruitful explanations of
linguistic variation in recent years has been
the concept of social network. This concept
has been current in the social sciences for
some years, but was not mentioned in
sociolinguistic analysis until Blom and
Gumperz (1972), and not well known before
publication of the Milroys’ Belfast study
(Milroy and Milroy 1978; Milroy 1980).
 An individual whose
personal contacts all know
each other belongs to a closed
network. This is shown
diagrammatically in Figure
1.1. The arrows represent
Figure 1.1
mutual knowing.
 An individual
whose personal
contacts tend not to
know each other
belongs to an open
network (see Figure
Figure 1.2 1.2).
Networks in sociolinguistics refer
to the pattern of informal
relationships people are involved in
on a regular basis. There are two
technical terms which have proved
very useful for describing different
types of networks – density and
plexity.
 Density- refers to
whether members of a person’s
network are in touch with each
other. Do your friends know
each other independently of
you? If so, your network is a
dense one.
Plexity- a measure of the
range of different types of
transaction people are involved
in with different individuals. .
 Plexity
A uniplex relationship is one
where the link with the other
person is in only one area. You
could be linked to someone else
only because you work together.
 Plexity
For example, or you might only
play badminton or football
together, and never meet in any
other context. If most transactions
in a community are of this type,
the network would be
characterized as uniplex.
 Plexity
Multiplex relationships, by
contrast, involve interactions
with others along several
dimensions.
 Plexity
A workmate might also be
someone you play tennis with
and meet at church regularly. If
most transactions in a
community are of this type, the
network would be considered
multiplex.
 It is not surprising that people’s speech should indicate
the types of networks they belong to. The people we
interact with are one important influence on our speech.
When the people we mix with regularly belong to a
homogeneous group, we tend to speak the way the rest of
the group does, provided we want to belong to the group
and like the people in it.
Maraming salamat!