Linguistics
Linguistics
Linguistics
Sociolinguistics:
A branch of linguistics which studies all aspects of the relationship
between language and society.
The study of the link between lng usage and society, of lang variation, and
of attitude about language.
A study of relationship between lng and social factors such as class, age,
gender, and ethnicity.
Sociolinguistics is the study of language in relation to social factors,
including differences in region, class, occupational dialect and gender,
and bilingualism. In other words, it studies how various social factors
such as gender, ethnicity, age or social class affect language.
Sociolinguists study such matters as the linguistic identity of social groups,
social attitudes to language, standard and non-standard forms of language.
Factors that can affect the way people speak: social class, social context,
geographical origins, ethnicity, nationality, gender, age, identity...
An alternative name sometimes given to the subject is sociology of language.
Yet, there are differences between the two terms:
Sociolinguistics studies language in relation to society. The sociology of
language studies society in relation to language.
Sociolinguistics studies language and how it varies based on user’s
sociolinguistic background such as gender... Sociology of language
studies society and how it is impacted by language.
Sociolinguistics focuses on language while sociology of language focuses
on society.
Sociolinguistics focuses on society’s effect on language; whereas
sociology of language is about the effect of language on society.
The term sociosemantics is about the choices available within a grammar that
is related to communication roles found within the speech situation.
Sociological linguistics is sometimes differentiated from sociolinguistics
where the term reflects a concern to see language as an integral part of
sociological theory.
Sociohistorical linguistics, the study of the way particular linguistic functions
and types of variation develop over time within specific languages, speech
communities, social groups and individuals.
There are two branches of sociolinguistics: interactionist and variationist
sociolinguistics. The former is interested in what language use can tell us
about social processes; the latter is concerned with how language changes by
observing it.
Lesson 2:
Pidgin:
Creole:
Diglossia:
Code switching:
Speakers of more than one language (e.g., bilinguals) are known for their
ability to code-switch or mix their languages during communication.
This phenomenon occurs when bilinguals substitute a word or phrase
from one language with a phrase or word from another language.
Code-switching has been viewed as a strategy to compensate for
diminished language proficiency; bilinguals code-switch because they do
not know either language completely.
This argument is also known as semi-lingualism, which underscores the
notion that bilinguals “almost” speak both languages correctly.
However, one concern with this account is that the notion of language
proficiency is not clearly defined.