ANT253H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Chick Flick, Nerd, Markedness
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Extending traditional geographical notions to encompass variation in the social domain - deals with sociolectal variation in f2f and cmc spaces and other phenomena: Slang, jargon, cants, registers, styles, and language codes. Those who speak the standard have advantage. More likely to be educated and possess higher job skills. More likely to be represented in mainstream media and in politics. Reverse is true of dialect speech or speakers of some non-dominant society: underrepresented or overrepresented in negative ways. Dialect speakers can also exclude based on language. Saussure - first to use the term speech communities . Indicate a group of people sharing a common language or dialect extend to include sociolectal variation. Indicates that people use language to convey their connection to distinct groups. Groups such as school cliques, families, and gangs: slang. Also arises from popular culture/mass communications language. ) or an old one with a new meaning ( fly. Used more often in writing than speech.
