Languageandsociety-GAOYUAN-精选（公开课件）.pptVIP

Language and society Netspeak 顶(支持) ddd(顶顶顶) bs/BS(鄙视) 楼猪(楼主) 滴(的、地) 555(呜呜呜) ding(顶) mm/MM(妹妹) LZ(楼主) DD/dd(弟弟) 88(拜拜) 偶(我) Language is not always used to exchange information as is generally assumed, but rather it is sometimes used to fulfill an important social function – to maintain social relationship between people. Sociolinguistics Hudson (linguist） 社会语言学即联系社会对语言进行的研究。 Ervin-Tripp (psychologist) 系统研究语言形式及其社会意义相互之间关系的学说。 Fishman (sociologist) 什么人对什么人，为了什么目的，什么时候，说了什么 Downes (sociologist ) Sociolinguistics is the branch of linguistics which studies just those properties of languages which require reference to social , including contextual factors in their explanation. 社会语言学是语言学的一个分支，研究那那些只有通过社会及语境关联因素才能得到解释的语言特性。 Nature : language structure social cultural context People who claim to be users of the same language do not speak the language in the same manner. Variety is the label given to the form of a language used by any group of speakers or used in a particular field. Varieties related to the user are normally known as dialects and varieties related to use as registers. Standard dialect: Socially prestigious dialect. By the government, mass media, schools. Any member can possibly use. Based on a selected variety. Not acquired naturally, superimposed. 普通话的定义： 以北京语音为标准音, 以北方话为基础方言, 以典范的现代白话文著作为语法规范的现代汉民族共同语。 In Britain, accent = marker of status RP: a non-localized form of pronunciation, refers to the particular way of pronouncing standard English, an indicator of a public school education and thus a high social status on the part of the speaker. Regional dialects are linguistic varieties used by people living in different regions. Regional dialect boundaries often coincide with geographical barriers such as mountains, rivers, or swamps. English Scottish Social dialect, or sociolect, refers to the linguistic variety that characterize the speech of different social classes.