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Sociolinguistics: Tuesday 6/8

The document outlines the topics to be covered in a sociolinguistics course on Tuesday June 8th. It includes reading an introductory chapter by Holmes and presentation topics covering concepts such as diglossia, code switching, language variation and planning, and the relationship between language and culture. It also provides discussion questions about situational language use within and across cultures and awareness of different ways of speaking among friends and family.

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Sociolinguistics: Tuesday 6/8

The document outlines the topics to be covered in a sociolinguistics course on Tuesday June 8th. It includes reading an introductory chapter by Holmes and presentation topics covering concepts such as diglossia, code switching, language variation and planning, and the relationship between language and culture. It also provides discussion questions about situational language use within and across cultures and awareness of different ways of speaking among friends and family.

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Sociolinguistics

• Tuesday 6/8
• Holmes Chapter 1
• Presentation Topics

Sociolinguistics 1
Discussion Questions
• Have you ever been in a situation
where you said something and then
realized you should have said it another
way (because of who was listening)?
• Within your own culture?
• In another culture?

Sociolinguistics 2
Discussion Questions (2)
• Do you know someone you avoid
addressing directly because you don't
know what to call them?
• What “rules” guide you in determining how
to address someone you've just met?

Sociolinguistics 3
Discussion Questions (3)
• Among your friends and family, what
different ways of speaking are you
aware of (grammar, pronunciation,
personal idiosyncrasies, etc.)?
• Are there settings in which you are
embarrassed to be with a particular friend or
family member because of the way they
speak?

Sociolinguistics 4
What is Sociolinguistics?
• What do these questions have to do
with each other?
• In a speech community there are many ways
to say the same thing
• We are often guided by social (not linguistic)
factors in choosing which way to say
something
• When studying others' use of language, we
can't expect to understand their choices
without considering social (in addition to
linguistic) factors

Sociolinguistics 5
Four “Dimensions”

Social Status
Distance

Formalit Referential / Affective


y Function

Sociolinguistics 6
Concepts Introduced
• Style
• Dialect
• Variety / code
• Linguistic repetoire
• Speech function

Sociolinguistics 7
Presentation Topics
• Diglossia and Code Switching
• Language Shift
• Pidgins and Creoles
• Language Planning
• Regional and Social Variation
• Gender and Age
• Style and Register
• Speech Functions
• Language and Culture
• Language Attitudes

Sociolinguistics 8

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