SOCIOLINGUISTICS

SOCIOLINGUISTICS is the study of how language and social factors are related

SOCIOLINGUISTICS

DIALECT ACCENT

It refers to the broader set of linguistic differences

It refers to differences in pronunciation

Accents typically differ in quality of voice, pronunciation of vowels and consonants, and stress pitch ( ex: intonation in Spanish and English questions and the speech of people from Ecuadorian Coast and Sierra regions )

ACCENT

Dialects can be described at different levels according to variations

•Phonological ( differences in pronunciation)• Morphological (word structure)• Syntactic ( it can be represented by different word order in sentences,)• Semantic (differences in meaning, eg:football – soccer )• Grammatical ( differences in grammar structures may depend on social status of speakers, age , gender)

DIALECT

DIALECT

• American English: “You don’t know, what you are talking about”

• Scottish English: “Ye dinnae ken, whit yer haverin’ aboot”

WHAT IS JARGON?

JARGON• A Jargon is characteristic language

of particular group, profession or event.

• The word comes from Old French jargon meaning “chatter of birds”.

• Jargon: the language used by people who work in a particular area or who have a common interest.

USE OF JARGON

WHAT IS SLANG?

SLANG It refers to the use of informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's dialect or language.

It may refer to things considered taboo or euphemisms “( The substitution of an inoffensive terms such as "passed away" for "died”) .

Standard Am not, is not, has not Very good Very To play a trick You all

Slang Ain’t Cool damn To pull one’s leg Ya’all

SLANG

LANGUAGE VARIATIONS

Deliberate change, from one manner or style of speaking to another is called CODE SWITCHING or code choice

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