Sociolingustics Flashcards
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Sociolingustics
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the study of how language changes based on different social factors: race, age, social status, location, sex, etc.
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Standardization (standard form)
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The tendency for making everyone speak the same way. Many countries have different forms of a language that they think is the best. This standard form of the language is used in administrative, commercial, and educational centers regardless of region
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Accents
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Aspects of pronunciation that identifies where an individual is from, regionally and socially
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