100% satisfaction guarantee Immediately available after payment Both online and in PDF No strings attached
logo-home
Previously searched by you
Previously searched by you
logo
Summary Sociolinguistics General Linguistics 278 notes R65,00
Add to cart
Quickly navigate to
Preview
  2.  
  3. Stellenbosch University (SUN)
  4.  
  5. General Linguistics 278

Summary

Summary Sociolinguistics General Linguistics 278 notes
 0 purchase

Sociolinguistic Exam notes, this is a summary of the term's work, rather than learning 30-something pages I managed to get it down to 7 pages

Preview 2 out of 7  pages

Document information

  • November 21, 2022
  • 7
  • 2022/2023
  • Summary

Subjects

Written for

All documents for this subject (5)

Seller

avatar-seller
Daryanvdw

Reviews received

Content preview

Sociolinguistics


Origins of Sociolinguistics
• Language is a social process that unfolds in social interaction
• Linguistic homogeneity (an environment where one language that is not influenced by
other or existing alongside others) does not exist – meaning language does not exist in
isolation and is always influenced by others

Reciprocal view of language and Society
• Language is embedded in social situations, identities and contexts
• Referential à identities that exist outside of language, language is an indication of one’s
social class, age group, ethnicity etc.
• Language is a socio-political construct
• Language is made up of dialects (variations) – negative connotation
• Dialects à “language varieties”
• Language varieties ordered by: pronunciation & vocabulary
• Regional Variety (different place = different variations of a language due to location)
• Intervarition à variation in one person’s language
• Linguistic Repertoire à speakers own language
• Distinctions between class & society influence a language is called Social variety
• Linguistic Repertoire à the set of skills/knowledge a person has of one or more
languages & their varieties

Advertisements
• Stereotypes have developed between of repetition
• Stereotypes – familiar & easy to identify & can be used for humour

Style & Stylization
• Style à expression of a speakers identity, an active and conscious symbolic process
o Non-verbal: gestures, hair styles, ways of dressing, facial expressions & body
positioning
o Can be a default way of speaking
• Stylization à when someone tries to imitate another person’s style / a variety of
language that imitates another variety of language
o Communicative action where speakers use marked and exaggerated
representation of languages, dialects and registers that are outside of their usual
repertoire
o Functions of stylizations:
§ Undermine, question/make a parody of/mock, humour

Crossing
• The use of language or variety that one way or another feels unexpectantly “other”
• Sense of social or ethnic boundary transgression
• Can be used strategically
• It evokes reactions from an audience
• Can be risky à reproduces ideologies and stereotypes

, Sociolinguistics


Cultural Appropriation
• Refers to a power dynamic in which members of a dominant culture take elements from
previously disempowered culture
• View as disrespectful/undesirable/offensive
• Ethnic boundary transgression (crossing)
• Questions of legitimacy, authenticity and entitlement arise
• The marginalized group doesn’t have a say

The Reverse of Cultural appropriation:
• When marginalized groups adopt aspects of stronger groups in order to fit in (try to
avoid stigmatization)

Attitudes
• A disposition to react favourably or unfavourably to a class of objects
• Cognitive, affective & behavioural
• Learnt through socialisation
• The earlier they are learnt the more difficult they are to change
• Affects our responses to others & anticipates others responses

1. Societal treatment approach
• Observational (ethnographic), involves analysis of various public domain sources
• How varieties and their speakers are treated in society (sociocultural & political
contexts)
• Attitudes have to be deduced
• Data set à smaller, limits generalisation
2. Direct approach
• Asking people to directly report what their attitudes are
• Larger scale surveys or questionnaires
• Data set à larger, allows for generalisations
• Problem of response bias & acquiescence bias
3. Indirect approach
• Matched-guise technique (MGT)
• Uses a vocal “guise”, who can imitate the required speech style (accent) and deceive
listeners into thinking they are listening to multiple different speakers saying the
same thing
• Thus the attitudes of listeners are tested because they are unaware

Prestige
• Overt prestige à evaluation of dominant varieties
• Covert prestige à evaluation of less-dominant varieties
• Non-standard varieties: favourable in social attractiveness but less favourable in
superiority
• Standard varieties: more superiority less social attractiveness

The benefits of buying summaries with Stuvia:

Guaranteed quality through customer reviews

Guaranteed quality through customer reviews

Stuvia customers have reviewed more than 700,000 summaries. This how you know that you are buying the best documents.

Quick and easy check-out

Quick and easy check-out

You can quickly pay through EFT, credit card or Stuvia-credit for the summaries. There is no membership needed.

Focus on what matters

Focus on what matters

Your fellow students write the study notes themselves, which is why the documents are always reliable and up-to-date. This ensures you quickly get to the core!

Frequently asked questions

What do I get when I buy this document?

You get a PDF, available immediately after your purchase. The purchased document is accessible anytime, anywhere and indefinitely through your profile.

Satisfaction guarantee: how does it work?

Our satisfaction guarantee ensures that you always find a study document that suits you well. You fill out a form, and our customer service team takes care of the rest.

Who am I buying this summary from?

Stuvia is a marketplace, so you are not buying this document from us, but from seller Daryanvdw. Stuvia facilitates payment to the seller.

Will I be stuck with a subscription?

No, you only buy this summary for R65,00. You're not tied to anything after your purchase.

Can Stuvia be trusted?

4.6 stars on Google & Trustpilot (+1000 reviews)

64670 documents were sold in the last 30 days

Founded in 2010, the go-to place to buy summaries for 15 years now

Start selling

Recently viewed by you

Study guide ·

(3)

Grade 12 IEB Physics - Photoelectric Effect (Matric 2018)

Exam (elaborations) ·

(1)

Che1502 Assignment 05 Solutions (01 August 2024)

Summary ·

(0)

Samenvatting Stedelijk Sociaal werk 2350PSWOSW

Summary ·

(0)

Criminology Unit 2 Criminological Theories 1.1 Notes

Exam (elaborations) ·

(0)

Enabling Office 365 Services | VERIFIED SOLUTION

Exam (elaborations) ·

(0)

Exam (elaborations) Nurse 661 Exam 1 Study Guide

Summary ·

(0)

Samenvatting Biologie en Data Analyse (Biologie)

Exam (elaborations) ·

(0)

Walden University NURS MISC Final Exam NRNP 2023/2024

Package deal ·

(0)

SUMMARISED OCR A-Level Biology Paper 2 Notes
R65,00
  • (0)
Add to cart
Added