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Language, Society and Culture

Language, Society and Culture. Speech. Social identity used to indicate membership in social groups. Speech community. Group of people who share norms, rules and expectations. Sociolinguistics. Inter-relationships between language and society. Investigation of culture and language.

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Language, Society and Culture

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  1. Language, Society and Culture

  2. Speech Social identity used to indicate membership in social groups Speech community Group of people who share norms, rules and expectations

  3. Sociolinguistics Inter-relationships between language and society Investigation of culture and language Anthropology Investigation of the language role in social groups Sociology Social psychology How attitudes behaviors and perceptions are expressed and identified

  4. SOCIAL DIALECTS Varieties of language used by groups defined according to: Class Education Age Sex

  5. Overt prestige SOCIAL DIALECTS Prestige Covert prestige Social Class and Education Differences between people who leave school and those who continue Age and Gender Differences between grandparent and grandchild Differences between Male and Female speaker

  6. Social dialects Ethnic Background Formal Informal Idiolect Style BEV (“Bad Speech”) Religious Legal Linguistics Personal dialect of each individual speaker of a language Register Jargon

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