VARIABLES Flashcards
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Linguistic variable
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- dependent (changes when the social variable changes)
- linguistic realisations (variants) which correlate with speakers’ social status
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Social variable
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- independent
- factor used to identify one group of speakers as different from another
- examples: class, region, ethnicity, age, gender, occupation
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