Nothing Special   »   [go: up one dir, main page]
Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 40 views

    Course Title: Sociolinguistics Class: MA English (WE) Semester: 1 Instructor: M. Farhan Topic: Language Varieties, Variation

    Uploaded by

    Ali Raza
    This document outlines the topics covered in a sociolinguistics lecture, including definitions of key terms like language varieties, codes, dialects, sociolects, and idiolects. The lecture will discuss how language varies based on factors like location, social group, situation, and individual. It will also cover the varieties of English and sources of linguistic variation, concluding that language is a means of communication that varies across societies and situations.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Course Title: Sociolinguistics Class: MA English (WE) Semester: 1 Instructor: M. Farhan Topic: Language Varieties, Variation

    Uploaded by

    Ali Raza
    40 views14 pages
    This document outlines the topics covered in a sociolinguistics lecture, including definitions of key terms like language varieties, codes, dialects, sociolects, and idiolects. The lecture will discuss how language varies based on factors like location, social group, situation, and individual. It will also cover the varieties of English and sources of linguistic variation, concluding that language is a means of communication that varies across societies and situations.

    Original Description:

    Original Title

    LANGUAGE VARIETIES.pptx

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    This document outlines the topics covered in a sociolinguistics lecture, including definitions of key terms like language varieties, codes, dialects, sociolects, and idiolects. The lecture will discuss how language varies based on factors like location, social group, situation, and individual. It will also cover the varieties of English and sources of linguistic variation, concluding that language is a means of communication that varies across societies and situations.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pptx, pdf, or txt
    40 views14 pages

    Course Title: Sociolinguistics Class: MA English (WE) Semester: 1 Instructor: M. Farhan Topic: Language Varieties, Variation

    Uploaded by

    Ali Raza
    This document outlines the topics covered in a sociolinguistics lecture, including definitions of key terms like language varieties, codes, dialects, sociolects, and idiolects. The lecture will discuss how language varies based on factors like location, social group, situation, and individual. It will also cover the varieties of English and sources of linguistic variation, concluding that language is a means of communication that varies across societies and situations.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pptx, pdf, or txt
    of 14

    Course Title: Sociolinguistics

    Class: MA English (WE)


    Semester: 1st
    Instructor: M. Farhan
    Topic: Language Varieties, Variation
    Lecture Contents

     What is variety?
     Define Language varieties?
     Language variation.
     Language variation in sociolinguistics
     Sources of variation
     Varieties of English
     Code
     Dialect
     Sociolect
     Idiolect
     Conclusion
     References
    What is variety?

    A variety of a language is a form that differs from other


    forms of the language systematically and coherently.
    Variety is a wider concept than style of prose or style of
    language.
    Define Language varieties?

    A variety of language is a set of linguistic items with similar


    distribution.
    (Hudson)
    Any body of human speech patterns which is sufficiently
    homogeneous to be analyzed by available techniques of synchronic
    description and which has a sufficiently large repertory of elements
    and their arrangements or process with broad enough semantic
    scope to function in all formal contexts of communication.
    (Ferguson)
    Language Variation

    Any given language varies from region to region, from social class to social
    class, from situation to situation and from person to person.
     There is essentially an unlimited number of factors which create this situation:
     Location of birth
     Residence
     Education
     Social milie
     Age
     There are two types of language variation:
     Linguistic
     Sociolinguistic
    Language Variation in Sociolinguistics

    In sociolinguistics, we know:
    Language also varies across time.
    Generation by generation, pronunciations evolve, new
    words are borrowed or invented, the meaning of old words
    drifts, and morphology develops or decays. In isolated
    subpopulations speaking the same language, most changes
    will not be shared.
    Sources of language variation

     Time
     Place
     Beliefs
     Economics
     Social Situation
     Educational Attainment
     Politics
     Ideology
     Purposes
     Relationship
    Varieties of English

    English Language has certain varieties:


     Nonstandard
     Standard
     American
     British
     Other National Standards
    Code

    In sociolinguistics a language may be referred to as a code.


    A code is a neutral term which can be used to denote a
    language or a variety of language.
    Code mixing
    Code switching
    Mixing of linguistic elements from two languages within the
    same sentence or clause.
    Dialect

    A dialect is a regional or social variety of a


    language distinguished by pronunciation,
    grammar, and vocabulary.
     Adjective Dialectal:
    Related to this topic
     Dialectology:
    Study of Dialects
    Sociolect

    A variety of language used by a particular social


    group.
    This is the way we speak that is individual to a
    social group. It may have features that cross the
    linguistic methods e.g. lexical choice, grammar,
    phonology, pronunciation.
    Most people use several different sociolects e.g.
    occupational groups, friendship groups, family
    groups, cultural groups etc.
    Idiolect

    An idiolect is the dialect of an individual person at


    one time.
    This term implies an awareness that no two
    persons speak in exactly the same way and that
    each person’s dialect is constantly undergoing
    change e.g. by the introduction of newly acquired
    words.
    Conclusion

    Language is a set of words, way of


    communication.
    Language varies in different societies.
    It has variation.
    Language varieties differ from situation to
    situation.
    References

    Sociolinguistics
    By R.A Hudson
    Wikipedia
    www.slideshare.net

    You might also like