The Reasons of Social Variation’s Importance20.doc

The Reasons of Social Variation’s Importance 『Abstract』:The intricate social relationship lead all kinds of variation in the language,and produce many speech variation.The speech variation has a great effect in human’s social activites.This paper mainly talk about the factors of social variation and why it is important to our social life. 『Key words』:Language;Social variation;Speech;Difference Ⅰ.Introduction Language is a purely human and non-instinctive method of communicating ideas,emotions,and desires by means of a system of voluntarily produced symbols.These symbols are,in the first instance,auditory;thus language is primarily a matter of speech as oppose to,say,sign language. ——Edward Sapir Speech has allowed human beings to develop in a completely different way from other animals.Language is generally considered to be a form of communication between human beings,while the faculty of speech is considered to be inherited,the system that we use,the specific language,is determined by the society in which we grow up,and being culturally transmitted.Communicating by speech requires people to speak orally in order to show the relationship between them. The form of speech will be affected by geography,socioeconomic status,ethnicity/race,age,occupation,religion,gender and so on.We may speak to express our emotions,feelings,with different utterance to reinforce a relationship with somebody.For example,you would say”Good morning,sir.”when you see your boss in the office,while you whould say”Hey,man.”when you meet your best friend in the street.Of course,you can choose the later sentence depending on the close relationship with your boss.This kind of”dialect”which change after the changing of social facts,called”social variation”.There are many factors of this social variation,so before study the reasons of social variation’s importance,we should discuss its factors first. Ⅱ.Difining The standard language One’s social standing is higher,then,he is less likely to use a