Sociolinguistics vs pragmatics

The study of the relationship between language and society, including language variation and change

• Semantics

• Pragmatics

• Sociolinguistics

• Psycholinguistics

.............are variations in language based on geographical location

• social dialects

• register & style

• regional dialect

• language variety

............help study language in professional settings and observe how digital communication reshapes registers.

• Regional dialect

• Social dialect

• Speech act

• Register and style

..................is the relationship between language use and roles in society (age, profession, etc.)

• Social identity

• Ethnic identity

• Local identity

• Gender and language

.......focuses on the relationship between the speaker, the listener, and the situational context.

• Pragmatics

• Sociolinguistics

• Semantics

• Lexicology

........... is the speaker’s intended meaning or purpose.

• Locutionary act

• Illocutionary act

• Perlocutionary act

• Locationary act

...................is the implied meaning of an utterance that goes beyond its literal interpretation

• speech act

• deixis

• presupposition

• implicature

............is shared knowledge and cultural norms that guide interpretation.

• linguistic context

• situational context

• cultural context

• sociolinguistic context

.......is the desire to be liked and appreciated in politeness theory.

• Negative face

• Positive face

• Face loss

• Face saving

................refers to words or phrases that require contextual information to be understood

• Speech act

• Implicature

• Positive face

• Deixis