Language and Society 语言与社会.pptVIP

Language and social class Sociolect (or social dialect): a socially distinct variety. Speaker A speaker B ‘I done it yesterday’ ‘I did it yesterday’ ‘He ain’t got it ‘ ‘He hasn’t got it’ Grammatical, phonetic, phonological differences give us clues about their social background. Social class accents Why do we have these differences? Physical barriers and distance Regional dialect boundaries coincide with geographical barriers, mountains, swamps, rivers, e.g. ‘house’ [hu:s] north of the river Humber vs. [haus] (diphthong) south of the river. Social barriers and distance The