Sociolinguistics- Language And Social Groups

Question 1

Sociolinguistics

Answer 1

The study of the language in relation to be a social factors

Question 2

Sociolect

Answer 2

The dialect of a particular class

Question 3

Overt prestige

Answer 3

A form of social value you get from using standard forms

Question 4

Covert Prestige

Answer 4

A form of social value you get from using non-standard value

Question 5

Explain Labov’s theory and how he conducted his study

Answer 5

Labov walked into 3 different retail shops in New York, one working class, middle class and higher class. He asked questions to make the people/assistants in the shop say ‘forth floor’ then he’d pretend to not here it so he asked for it to be repeated to see if their accent changed due to the expectations they had. He studied to hard ‘r’ sound used in American standard language