Name: Ester Mayer H
Class: 5 B
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What
is Sociolinguistics?
Sociolinguistics is branch of
Linguistics the way language is used in society. Another approach to language
and society focuses on the situations and uses of language as an activity. And
also Sociolinguists are interested in how we speak differently in varying
social contexts, and how we may also use specific functions of language to
deliver social meaning or aspects of our identity.
Why do we learn Sociolinguistics?
When we study languages, we often focus on the language itself.
The grammar, the vocabulary, the pronunciation, and so on. Sociolinguistics,
however, give you the chance to look at the context within which the language
is spoken rather than the mechanics of the language itself or the simple reason
why we should learn Sociolinguistic is whether you traveled or not its clear
for us to understand what people speak in different way of the country.
What is the relation between language and society?
We know that language is a tool for
interact with other human. So language can't separated with human. Through language we can related and
interact with other human and created communicative in the community.
Please
mention and explain the branches of linguistics ?
Branches of Linguistics
1.
General linguistic generally
describes the concepts and categories of a particular language or among all
language. It also provides analyzed theory of the language. Descriptive
linguistic describes or gives the data to confirm or refute the theory of
particular language explained generally.
2.
Micro linguistic is narrower view.
It is concerned internal view of language itself (structure of language
systems) without related to other sciences and without related how to apply it
in daily life. Some fields of micro linguistic:
a.
Phonetics, the study of the physical
properties of sounds of human language.
b.
Phonology, the study of sounds as
discrete, abstract elements in the speaker's mind that distinguish meaning
c.
Morphology, the study of internal
structures of words and how they can be modified
d.
Syntax, the study of how words
combine to form grammatical sentences.
e.
Semantics, the study of the meaning
of words (lexical semantics) and fixed word combinations (phraseology), and how
these combine to form the meanings of sentences.
f.
Pragmatics,
the study of how utterances are used (literally, figuratively, or otherwise) in
communicative acts.
g.
Discourse analysis, the analysis of
language use in texts (spoken, written, or signed).
h.
Applied
linguistic is the branch of linguistic that is most concerned with application
of the concepts in everyday life, including language-teaching.
3.
Macro linguistic is broadest view of
language. It is concerned external view of language itself with related to
other sciences and how to apply it in daily life. Some fields of micro
linguistic:
a.
Stylistics, the study of linguistic
factors that place a discourse in context.
b.
Developmental linguistics, the study
of the development of linguistic ability in an individual, particularly the
acquisition of language in childhood.
c.
Historical linguistics or Diachronic
linguistics, the study of language change.
d.
Language geography, the study of the
spatial patterns of languages.
e.
Evolutionary linguistics, the study
of the origin and subsequent development of language.
f.
Psycholinguistics, the study of the
cognitive processes and representations underlying language use.
g.
Sociolinguistics, the study of
social patterns and norms of linguistic variability.
h.
Clinical linguistics, the
application of linguistic theory to the area of Speech-Language Pathology.
i.
Neurolinguistics, the study of the
brain networks that underlie grammar and communication.
j.
Biolinguistics, the study of natural
as well as human-taught communication systems in animals compared to human
language.
k.
Computational linguistics, the study
of computational implementations of linguistic structures.
What is the
standard language? Giving an example!
Standard
English is a controversial term for a form of the
English language that is written and spoken by educated users.
Abbreviation:
SE. Also known as
Standard Written English
(
SWE).
According to Tom McArthur in
The Oxford Companion to the English
Language (1992), the term
Standard English "resists easy
definition but is used as if most educated people nonetheless know precisely
what it refers to."
Elaborating the language ,dialect and
accent, please!
Language is the method of human communication either spoken or
written or the tools of communication. Language has a varieties, language
variety refers to the various forms of language triggered by social factors.
Language may changes from region to region.
Varieties
is a specific set of linguistic or language items of human speech patterns.
Giving an example of formal language
and informal language!
Formal: Good morning, Mr.
President. We appreciate your visit.
Informal:
What's up? It's awesome that you came to visit!
What aspects of language
are sociolinguistics interested in?
Sociolinguists are interested in explaining why people speak
differently in different social contexts. They are concerned with the way
people signal aspects of their social identity through language. Sociolinguists
study the effect of social factors such as social distance, social status, age,
gender and class on language varieties (dialects, registers, genres, etc).
Sociolinguists are also concerned with identifying the social functions of
language and the ways it is used to convey social meaning.
When two or more people from different language met and
tried to communicate, what should they do?
They are use Lingua Franca, is a language used for communication
between different language users, for people whose first languages differ, such
as pidgin between European colonizers and Afrizan slaves.
Why do
people switch and mix a language?
This happens to me all the time, and I think it’s
because we can only “think” in so many languages at once. It takes me over a day
to switch my second-language and also it's because certain words in one
particular language can express myself better and sometimes it’s fun.
Giving an example of code switching
and code mixing!
Code mixing
:
Besok
kita bikin
surprise yuk buat dia!
Yahh,
I’m so sorry, gabisa nih.
After
lunch aja gimana?
Code switching:
Ester:
Watashi no
namae wa Ester desu.
Chica:
My name is Chica.
Ester:
Nan sai desu ka?
Chica:
I’m 20 yo
