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SOCIOLINGUISTICS

Instructor: Tong Thi Lan Chi, MA


TAY NGUYEN UNIVERSITY
TRUE OR FALSE?
1. In Sociolinguistics, people try to identify the effects of
language on society.
2. Language can be defined differently depending on the
aspects that people view it.
3. "Referential" functions of language decide what and how
events are described.
4. "Affective" functions of language means the ability to use
language to express emotions.
5. Language diversity arises from the aspect of who speaks
what language or language variant.
LESSON 2:
LANGUAGE VARIETY
Language variation refers to any
distinguishable form of speech used by a
speaker or group of speakers.
LANGUAGE VARIETY
The distinguishing characteristics of a
language variety may be:
lexical,
phonological,
morphological
syntactic.
ASSIGNMENT 1
1. What is a dialect? Example?
2. What are the different types of dialects?
3. What is accent? Examples?
4. Are these dialects or accents?
Mi đi mô rứa? Dzì dzậy? Chốc cúi của con tru nó
gãy chắc rùi.
5. What is a standard language?
1. What is a dialect? Example?

A dialect is a variety of a language, spoken in


one part of a country (regional dialect), or by
people belonging to a particular social class
(sociolect), which has different pronunciation,
grammar or vocabulary from other forms of the
same language.
2. What are the different types of
dialects?
2.1. Geographical / Regional dialect (Dialectology)
British English vs. American English
e.g. 1 (a) Have you got a car?
(b) Do you have a car?
e.g. 2 (c) I have learned English for 10 years.
d) I have learnt English for 10 years.
2. What are the different types of
dialects?
2.1. Geographical / Regional dialect (Dialectology)
British English vs. American English
Northern Vietnamese vs. Southern Vietnamese
◦ Vocabulary
◦ Pronunciation
◦ Grammar
2. What are the different types of
dialects?
2.2. Sociolects (dialects used by people according
to their occupation, gender, racial origin, status,
cultural background..)
e.g. He and I were going there.
im ‘n me was goin there.
He ain’t got it.
2. What are the different types of
dialects?
2.3. Functional varieties (register and styles): used
for a particular purpose or in a particular setting.
Formal vs. informal
e.g. father/ dad; child/ kid; don’t need/
needn’t…
3. What is accent? Examples?

a particular way of speaking (pronunciation) which tell the


listener something about the speaker’s background (region,
social class, whether or not the speaker is a native speaker)

RP (RECEIVED PRONUNCIATION)
In British English?
e.g. but /…/, car /…./
e.g. AmE: letter, butter….
5. What is a standard language?

In British English?

In Vietnamese?
5. What is a standard language?
A standard language/ dialect is the variety of
a language which has the highest status in a
nation, and which is based on the speech and
writing of educated native speakers of the
language.
A standard variety is generally:
- Used in the news, media and in literature

- Described in dictionaries and grammars

- Taught in schools and taught to non-native


speakers when they learn the language.
HOMEWORK

1. What is slang? 3-4 examples in English


and Vietnamese.
2. What is colloquial language? 3-4
examples in English and Vietnamese.
3. What are taboo words? 3-4 examples
in English and Vietnamese.
4. What are swear words? 3-4 examples
in English and Vietnamese.
5. What is euphemism? 3-4 examples in
English and Vietnamese.

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