DELIMITATION MADE BY: - ABDUL

MOIZ 

OF LANGUAGE SECTION: - 5TH C

EVENING
                                    DEFINITION:

• Delimitation of language menas we can

differentiate between language and dialect
on the basis of size, prestige and mutual
intelligibility.
As we know that language is a standard one on the
basis of prestige, in this principle either the variety is a
standard language or it is not. It is crystal clear that
some languages are more standard than others. For
instance, Standard French language is more rigidly
codified than standard English.
There is one way by which we can distinguish
between language and dilaect and the most
obvious criterion is mutual intelligibility.If the
two varieties can understand each other, then the
varieties concerned are instances of the same
language, otherwise they are not. This is a
widely used criterion but there are some issues
in its application.
                     POPULAR USAGE: -

• Even popular usage does not correspond consistently

to this criterion. It tends to reflect the other definition
of a language, or are subordinate to different standards,
they must be different languages, and conversly
they must be the same language if they both are
subordinate to the same language.
            DIALECT CONTINUUM
• It is a chain of adjacent varieties in which each pair of
adjacent varieties are mutually intelligible but pairs
taken from opposite ends of the chain are not.
• One such continuum is found to be stretched
from Amsterdam through germany to vienna.
        MUTUAL INTELLIGIBILITY: -

It is a matter of degree.

Mutiual intelligibility is not only related to relationship

between varities but also to the people.

The degree of mutual intelligibility is also related to the

quality of people concerned.
 QUALITIES OF PEOPLE
CONCERNED: -

Motivation
Experience
 
              CONCLUSION: -

• Mutual intelligibility does not work as a criterion for

delimiting the language in terms of size.
• According to MATHEW, There is no real distinction to
draw between language and dialect on the basis of size
but with reference to prestige. Where it would  be better to
use the term "standard language" rather than
just "language".