Language, Society and Culture

Speech Social identity used to indicate membership in social groups Speech community Group of people who share norms, rules and expectations

Sociolinguistics Inter-relationships between language and society Anthropology Investigation of culture and language Sociology Social psychology Investigation of the language role in social groups How attitudes behaviors and perceptions are expressed and identified

SOCIAL DIALECTS Varieties of language used by groups defined according to: Class Education Age Sex

SOCIAL DIALECTS Prestige Overt prestige Covert prestige Social Class and Education Age and Gender Differences between people who leave school and those who continue Differences between grandparent and grandchild Differences between Male and Female speaker

Social dialects Ethnic Background BEV (“Bad Speech”) Idiolect Personal dialect of each individual speaker of a language Style Register Jargon Religious Legal Linguistics Religious Legal Linguistics Formal Informal Formal Informal