intro to linguistics

Sociolingustics is...

• a study of language in social contexts

• a study of language in ecological contexts

• a study of language in racial contexts

• a study of language in lexical contexts

Speech community is...

• a community of speakers who share some characteristics

  of language use

• a community of speakers who don't share some characteristics

  of language use

• a community of speakers who live together

• a community of speakers who speak same language

one variety of a language

that stands above the others because it is used in writing, in the speech

of educated speakers, in educational, governmental institutions, and the

media

• Speech variety

• Standard variety

• Common variety

• Normal variety

the form of language used by any identifiable group of

speakers

• Speech variety

• Standard variety

• Common variety

• Normal variety

A

variety which is associated with a particular geographic area and differs

from other varieties mostly because of its phonological and lexical features.

• slang

• dialect atlases

• dialect

• accent

maps displaying dialect information within a

certain geographical area)

• slang

• dialect atlases

• dialect

• accent

informal, nonstandard vocabulary used by a particular

group of people to establish contact, to mark their identity as a group, to

create an effect, etc.

• slang

• dialect atlases

• dialect

• accent

words and technical terms used by specialists of a

profession or a group of people sharing a certain activity, hobby or occupation.

• slang

• argot (cant)

• jargon

• accent

a special vocabulary used by a secretive social

group with the aim to protect its members from outsiders. Argot may

be a vocabulary of criminals, terrorists or street gangs.

• slang

• argot (cant)

• jargon

• accent

identifiable style of pronunciation, often varying regionally or even socioeconomically.

• slang

• argot (cant)

• jargon

• accent