Lecture 1

Question 1

What is Sociolingusitics?

Answer 1

An areaof linguistics concerned with the study if relationship between language and society

Question 2

What are sociolinguistics interested in?

Answer 2

1. Explaining why we speak differently in differnet social context
2. identifying social functions of languages and the ways it is used to convey social meaning

Question 3

what are the “Social” in Sociolinguistics?

Answer 3

1. participant:who
2. Setting:where
3. Topic:what
4. Function:why

Question 4

Name some questions do siociolinguists ask?

Answer 4

1. Who uses the different forms or language varieties
   -What purpose are they trying to achieve
   -Who do they use them with
2. Are they aware of their language choice
   -Are they actually aware of their choices
   -Are they acknowledging that they are actually aware
3. Why do some forms or languages ‘ win out’ over others? And is it always the sme ones?
   -How do factors such as language attitudes, language ideology and education background play a role?
4. How much can we change or control the language we use?
   
   • Why do we want to change or control it

Question 5

what is sociolinguistic fieldwork?

Answer 5

Collecting linguistic data where language is spoken.

Question 6

Armchair vs real-world linguistics

Answer 6

Armchair Linguistics:
Theoretical and introspective
Real World Linguistics:
Going into the real world to collect data

Question 7

What are the aspects of Sociolinguists to look at

Answer 7

1. Variation within a language
2. Speakers:
3. Variables affeting language use
4. Researching sociolinguistics