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Language Varieties - Coggle Diagram

- - - - For particular purpose or particular communicative situation
        
        Age
        
        Older: formal linguistic strategies, complete sentences, limited contractions
        
        Younger: Informal linguistic strategies, abbreviations, and casual language
        
        Gender
        
        Women: Politeness strategies, hedges, question tags
        
        Men: more direct language, assertiveness in certain contexts
        
        Socioeconomic class
        
        Higher classes: formality, eloquence, refined language in professional and social settings
        
        Lower classes: less formal language, varied linguistic strategies
      - speaking in official vs. casual setting
      - Walking rather than walkin'
      - father vs dad child vs. kid
      - refraining from using words such as ain't and y'all
    - - Specialized terminology associated with a specific field or area of activity
        
        Age
        
        Younger generation: playful informal language internet jargon
        
        Older: may not understand contemporary internet jargon
        
        Gender
        
        Women: Collaborative and inclusive language
        
        Men: Assertive and direct language in workplace jargon
        
        Socioeconomic class
        
        Higher classes: technical and specialized language expertise in specific foelds
        
        May use industry specific terms but less likely to use complex terms
      - certain contexts not often understood elsewhere
      - commn in occupations, trades, professions, academic fields
      - unique vocab precise meanings
      - May lead to misunderstandings outside specific contexts
      - Darshini Kannada fast food restaurant
      - Local suburban trains in Mumbai
    - - a vocab of an informal register common in verbal conversation but avoided in formal writing. Often taboo in formal discourse especially with those of higher social status or greater resposibility. Its use temporarily lowers the dignity of formal speech
      - can be exclusive to specific in groups used to establish identity or exclude outsiders; implies the user's familiarity with the term or a group using it.