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Some variables in Sociolinguistics:Style, Register and Gender. Speechaccomodation.
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Some variables in Sociolinguistics:Style, Register and Gender. Speechaccomodation.
Style
Level of formality
Formal
Informal
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
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
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
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