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    1) A speech community is a group of people who share similar ideas, uses, norms, and patterns of language variation. 2) Key elements that define a speech community include a shared population, area, facilities for interaction, and identification with the group. 3) Language varies within and across speech communities based on factors like socioeconomic status, interests, and expectations of formality. Speech communities are analyzed to study language variation and change.

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    1) A speech community is a group of people who share similar ideas, uses, norms, and patterns of language variation. 2) Key elements that define a speech community include a shared population, area, facilities for interaction, and identification with the group. 3) Language varies within and across speech communities based on factors like socioeconomic status, interests, and expectations of formality. Speech communities are analyzed to study language variation and change.

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    Speech Community and

    Related Concepts
    Language Culture and Society

    Presented By:

    Almario,Rachel L.

    I-Bse English-B
    Learning Objectives:

    •At the end of this lesson the students are expected to expand their
    knowledge and understanding about the concepts of speech
    community.
    • To learn different definitions of speech community.
    •Speech community is hard
    to define because it is
    not a try definition.

    •The kind of group that


    Sociolinguistics attempt
    to study is called
    Speech community.
    “ A Community
    group of people with a
    shared set of
    activities,practices,beliefs
    and social structure ”
    A speech community

    A group of people who


    “

    share similar ideas, uses


    and norms”
    Definitions
    What are speech communities?
    Definitions from various linguists:
    •  *Lyons (1970): "All people who use a give language or dialect"

    • *Labov (1972): "Participation in a set of shared norms; these norms may


    be observed in overt types of evaluative behavior, and by the uniformity
    of abstract patterns of variation which are invariant in respect to
    particular levels of usage"

    • *Gumperz (1971): "A social group which may be either monolingual or


    multilingual, held together by frequency of social interaction and set
    off from the surrounding areas by weaknesses in the lines of
    communication”
    The role of a single person
    within/outside the speech community.

    • INTERLOPERS
    People who move to a new dialect area. How well do
    they fit in? Depends on their age, ability,
    motivation/desire.
    •INSIDERS
    People at the very core of the social group. They’re
    highly integrated, involved in the group, but not
    necessarily group leaders. They are the leading force
    of spreading linguistic change.
    •ASPIRERS
    Social ambitions beyond the “immediate domain” (The local group).
    Tend to be more standard.
    Five key elements for the speech
    community
    Foundational Condition
    •Population
    •Area
    Improving Condition
    •Facility
    •Identification
    •Interaction
    Language Variation

    The notion of speech community is most generally


    used as a tool to define a unit of analysis
    within which to analyze language variation and
    change.Stylistic features differ among speech
    communities based on factors such as the group’s
    socioeconomic status,common interests and the
    level of formality expected within the group and
    by its larger society.
    Speech Community
    • The concept of speech community does not simply focus on groups
    that speak the same language. Rather, the concept takes as fact
    that language represents, embodies, constructs and constitutes
    meaningful participation in society and culture
    • A group of people is not necessarily a community unless they share
    a common view, activity, belief etc. Speech is not simply sounds
    that come from a person’s mouth. Social actors recognize the
    significance of innate human sounds such as screams, moans, cries
    etc. without learning and being socialized into a system of
    meaning.
    Speech Community
    • Communities can be defined and identified in terms of space,
    place, affiliation, practices and any combination of these terms.
    For example, while the term “community” is generally used in
    reference to a social unit larger than a household, it can also
    refer to a national and international group.
    Reference:
    •www.cambridge.org

    •www.academypublication.com

    •www.slideshare.net

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