Sociolect - Diversity Flashcards
Convergence
Changing one’s language in order to move towards another individuals language
Divergence
Changing one’s language in order to move away from another individuals language
Macro Level
Operating on a larger scale
Micro level
operating on a small scale
Post vocalic r
Pronouncing an /r/ after a vowel where there is an r in the spelling
Received Pronounciation
An accent traditionally associated with high social class
Density
Number of connections that people have
Social network
A network of relations between people in their membership of different groups
Informant
Someone who offers information to a researcher
Dialect
Style of language used within a geographical region
Ethnolect
Style of language thought to be characteristic of a particular ethnic group
Familect
Style of language used within a family
Social Practice
Ways in which people in groups habitually behave
Community of practice
Group of people who share understandings, perspectives and forms of language use as a result of meeting regularly over time
Lave and Wenger
- Community of practice: mutual engagement
Deficit model
Assumption that something is lacking or deficient
Elaborated code
Bernstein Middle-class speakers use context free, complex forms of language
Restricted code
Berstein Lower-class speakers use less complex forms of language due to lack of contextual knowledge
Who developed the Communication Accommodation Theory
Howard Giles
- Convergence
- Divergence
Communication Accommodation Theory
- behavioral changes that people make to attune their communication to their partner, - the extent to which people perceive their partner as appropriately attuning to them.
What did Labov conclude about his case study?
- Fishermen centralise /au/ and /ai/ more than any other occupational group
- People of the age group 30- 60 tend to centralise diphthongs more than younger or older people
- Up-Islanders used the centralised diphthongs more than people living in the area of Down-Island
What is a dipthong
Two vowel sounds occurring in the same syllable e.g cow, eye
What did Labov’s result show?
- generations, occupations, or social groups might be a big factor in language use as a sociolinguistic consideration
What did Labov’s result show?
- generations, occupations, or social groups might be a big factor in language use as a sociolinguistic consideration