LINA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Sociolinguistics, Received Pronunciation, Abstract Window Toolkit
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Interactions of many complex factors, but overall, language is used to project social identity. Ethnic group + register: use of [a] instead of [o] before [r] in words like short and forty in boston, laferriere 1979. Use of [u] instead of [ju] in words like news, due, duke in st. 1986 identities: membership: use of [in] for ing [ ] in reading style for gang members in harlem, labov 1973. Use of like by palo alto hs female. Social factors (social affiliation, social situation: age, gender, ses, level of education, occupation, race and ethnicity, social networks, topic, interlocutor, register (lever of formality) Stigmatized dialect features: ain"t vs. isn"t, multiple negative (we don"t do that no more, [r] drop, youse, he don"t vs. he doesn"t, ask as [ ks] Dialect aspects that aren"t stigmatized: soda vs. pop, caught as [kat, dived vs. dove, dreamed vs. dreamt, route as [rut] vs. [ awt, pajamas [a] or [ ]
