Some variables in Sociolinguistics:Style, Register and Gender. Speechaccomodation.

Some variables in Sociolinguistics:Style, Register and Gender. Speechaccomodation.

1. Style

   • Level of formality
     • Formal
     • Informal

2. Register

   • Choice of lexical items or syntatic ordering of utterances
     • Jargon asociated with word choice or morphonological variation
     • Sociolect: bears upon lexical choice and syntactic ordering
   • Thre main dimensions
     • Field The social activity performed
     • Tenor: social roles enacted and the relationship between the participants
     • Mode: the medium of the language in that situation

3. Gender

   • Patterns of variation between men and women are much more evident in some partes of the globe
   • Trudgill (1972) Women tended to be more conservative in terms of language
     • Due to powerless position in life
   • Men tend to dominate the interaction
     • Women tend to be more concerned with solidarity
   • Recent studies have shown neurophysiological differences in the way males and females process language

4. Speech Accomodation

   • modification of one´s own speech or other communicative behaviours to the ones used by the person one is interacting with.
     • Increase speaker´s perceived
       • Attractiveness
       • predictability and supportiveness
       • level of interpersonal involvement
       • Intelligibility and comprehensibility
       • The speaker's ability to gain their listeners