Sociolinguistics Flashcards
1
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Standard language
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Conventionally accepted variety, upheld through planning
2
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Pidgin
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Mixing of 2 varieties, usually L and H (eg. Through colonisation)
3
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Creole
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The inter generational transmission of a pidgin as a users first language
4
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Transactional function
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Language used to give specific information or detail
5
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Interactional function
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Language used emotionally, without info (eg pleasantries)
6
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Intraspeaker variation
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Variation within a users repertoire
7
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Mode
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Channel of language (written, spoken, internet, books, podcast)
8
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Field
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Topics / fields associated with different aspects of language
9
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Style
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Social values attributed to varieties of language
10
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Interspeaker variation
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Variations between multiple users of a given language (geography, age, social classic, ethnicity, gender)
