Social Groups Terminology Flashcards
Sociolect is…
Style of language used in social groups
Familect is …
Language used within a family
Ethnolect is …
Language thought to be categorised by ethnic groups
Deficit model is …
Assumption that something is lacking
Inferential framework is …
Unspoken rules within a community of practice that are followed
Community of practice is …
A group of people who share understandings, perspectives and forms of lang use as a result of meeting regularly
Reclamation is …
A word that was once pejorative but has been brought back into acceptable usage usually by the group that experienced oppression under that word
Lexicalisation is …
Process of adding words set phrases or word patterns to a language