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SOCIOLINGUISTICS Albornoz, Lilly Gonzalez, Meibel Rodriguez, Lya Wong, Fanzi

SOCIOLINGUISTICS Albornoz, Lilly Gonzalez, Meibel Rodriguez, Lya Wong, Fanzi Caracas, January 23 rd 2009. SOCIOLINGUISTICS. Is the study of the relationship between language and society. Its main concern is the description of language variation within a social group.

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SOCIOLINGUISTICS Albornoz, Lilly Gonzalez, Meibel Rodriguez, Lya Wong, Fanzi

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  1. SOCIOLINGUISTICS Albornoz, Lilly Gonzalez, Meibel Rodriguez, Lya Wong, Fanzi Caracas, January 23rd 2009

  2. SOCIOLINGUISTICS Is the study of the relationship between language and society. Its main concern is the description of language variation within a social group.

  3. Language variation focuses on how language varies in different contexts, where contextrefers to things like ethnicity, social class, sex, geography, age, and a number of other factors.

  4. Main Concepts

  5. Geographic B Social B Ethnic/Religious B Occupational B

  6. Societal behaviors toward language • Standardization codification and acceptance of a formal set of norms defining “correct usage” • Autonomy uniqueness and independence of the linguistic system • Historicity origin and development of standard varieties • Validity amount and importance of the native speakers

  7. POLITENESS • Is defined by the concern for the feelings of others.

  8. POLITENESS “Go get me the plate” “Could you please pass me that plate, if you don’t mind” “Shut-up” “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to interrup, but I am not able to hear the speaker in front of the room”

  9. POLITENESS • Face: the respect that an individual has for him or herself in private or public situations. • Face-Threatening Acts: Are acts that infringe on the hearer’s need to maintain his or her self-steem and respect.

  10. POLITENESS Situation: What would you do if you see a cup of pens on your teacher’s desk, and you want to use one? Would you say… • “Ooh, I want to use one of those!” • “So, is it OK if I use one of those pens?” • “I’m sorry to bother you but, I just wanted to ask you if I could use one of those pens?” • (Indirectly) ”Hmm, I’m sure I could use a blue pen right now”

  11. POLITENESS TYPES OF POLITENESS STRATEGIES • “Ooh, I want to use one of those!” (Bald On-Record) • “So, is it OK if I use one of those pens?” (Positive Politeness) • “I’m sorry to bother you but, I just wanted to ask you if I could use one of those pens?” (Negative Politeness) • (Indirectly) ”Hmm, I’m sure I could use a blue pen right now” (Off-Record-Indirect Satrategie)

  12. POLITENESS AND GENDER Are women more polite than men? • Women typically use more speech than men. • Women generally show more respect for the person whom they are talking to. • Women generally use more devices as questions. • It has been historically expected from a woman to act “like a lady” and respect people around. • Boys are permitted, and even encouraged to talk rough, cultivate a deep masculine “voice”.

  13. Who Talks More, Men or Women? Men are more prone to use up more talking time than women in their speech production. Men take a more dominant role in the household and in the business world. It is more acceptable for a man to be talkative, carry on long conversation, or a give a long wordy speech, however it is less acceptable for a women to do so. It has been more of a historical trend for men have more rights to talk. It is common for men to be more silent in situations that require them to express emotion.

  14. Do Men and Women Really Speak Differently? In some languages there are gender-exclusive speech patterns for men and women respectively. There are distinct words that are used for men and women respectively. There are exclusive speech pattern for men speaking to men and women speaking to women.

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