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Variation and Style - Coggle Diagram
Variation and Style
Sociolinguistics:
-Study speech communities.
-Study the variation of language.
-Sociolinguistics studies language.
Variation
-Different ways of speaking the same language.
-It is characterized by the way of speaking of the speakers of a specific region.
-It is essential in the study of sociolinguistics and language.
Style
-The style refers to the ways of speaking.
-The literary style is related to the elaboration of linguistic texts.
-The word “style” refers to expressions such as being in fashion or elegant.
The sociolinguistic interview
It was created for the investigation of the variation and change of the language.
-The variable (r) was studied through this interview.
-It was created by William Labov
Quick and anonymous surveys
-It was used to study variation quickly.
-He conducted this survey to a community of speaking "speakers"
-It was the second method Labov created.
Prestige of a variable
-It is not associated with social class. Speakers aren't aware of what they are doing.
Types:
Overt prestige
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Covert prestige
-It is when a speech community is oriented to different ways of speaking.
Accents
-It is how speakers use words.
-It depends on geographic location.
-In the accent the speakers change the pronunciation.
Dialects
-Dialects are social styles.
-Dialects are ways of speaking that have social groups depending on the place.
-The characteristics of pronunciation and vocabulary.