Sociolinguitics

Sociolinguitics

1. Language

   • Form of communication
   • Identity
   • Physical and verbal
   • Umbrella term for other terms
   • no real definition

2. Accents

   • Intonation common to certain countries
   • Someone can have a slight accent despite not belonging to a country
   • Hand in hand with Dialects
     • Accent only covers how words are said
   • Can hold some social prejudice if accent belongs to a 'Threating country'
   • Strong links to identity and ethnicity

3. Dialects

   • The use of words in a particular place
   • Often divided by standard forms of a language and other variations
     • Standard forms are nessicerilly classed as a dialect
   • dialects are born from people using the same lexis in the same social networks
   • Some people get elicution lessons

4. Register

   • How language is used in context
   • Not to do with identity
   • if inappropriate use, it could be used to offend
   • Prestege