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AN INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLINGUISTICS (Whorfian hypothesis (Language has…
AN INTRODUCTION TO
SOCIOLINGUISTICS
Whorfian hypothesis
Language has power
how we see the world
language is a guide to your reality
language influences thought and behavior
Concepts
Power
How we form groups with others
control of events
Control and behavior of people
variants
Wide variety of speech
Diffrent language structures
identities
Membership in social groups
Linguistic contruction
group identity categories
society
People
Language performs
society's effect on language
Culture
the ‘know how’
acceptable manners
learned behaviors
code
System used for more than two people to communicate.
Grammar rules
Register
Technical vocabulary
Study
how language work
language used in daily conversations
Created by Junior Ortiz Martinez