sociolinguistic variables

Sociolinguistic variables

Varieties and accents

What is meant by sociolinguistic variable?

william Lavob

• linguistic variable + social variable
• social: geographical origin, social class, gender, age
• linguistic: phonology, grammar, lexicon and ACCENT

ACCENT

ETHNOCENTRISM:

We notice nothing special about the speech of those who speak like us

• SUPRASEGMENTAL FEATURE LIKE INTONATION OR STRESS.
• THE TUNE (I.E., "LA TONADA, EL CANTITO") WITH WHICH WE SPEAK

a common meaning of "accent"

A group of all kinds of linguistic features (words and expressions, grammatical structures, pronunciation, and ACCENT) That we come to associate with a group of people we identify as having soemthing in common (geographical origin or social class, for example)

That's why we talk about "el acento Cordobés" or the "Geordie accent", and we mean also words and pronunciation, not just Accent in the sense of "tonada"

in this sense, accent = variety

Lingustic variety

All features of speech that together we associate with a group of people (e.g., los entrerrianos, people from the "villas")

Let's do some research and answer in the classroom: What is Hypercorrection?

Let's read

William Labov: New York City, USA (1966)

click here to read the article

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To share in the classroom: Do you agree with what Professor Campbell-Kibler says about liking people to speak differently? Why?

Also read:

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The Linguistics student's handbook: chapter 2: Accent, dialect, variety

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CLICK HERE TO GET THE BOOK

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