language diversity content

Question 1

What is communication Accommodation Theory (CAT)

Answer 1

• when people change their speech to either sound more like their interlocutor (convergence) or less like their interlocutor

Question 2

what is code switching

Answer 2

• process of shifting from one linguistic code (language or dialect) to another depending on the social context or conversational setting

Question 3

what are Dense Networks

Answer 3

• most likely to be found in a small, stable communities w/ few external contacts and a high degree of social cohesion

Question 4

What is Overt Prestige

Answer 4

• “out in the open” prestige given to the variety spoken by the people w/ socioeconomic resources in a given speech community (like RP in British English)

Question 5

What is multiplexity

Answer 5

• when individuals interact in multiple social contexts/ variety of social roles (it describes relationships w/ one person)

Question 6

what are ‘web of ties’

Answer 6

• describes the structure of a particular speech community/ social network