The way someone speak indicated their social rank. According to Kottack, “the use of dem, dese ,and dere is one of many phonological differences that Americans recognize and look down on” (237).which indicate how society devalue those who use “improper english” which everyone can agree on. We all have been guilty of judging a person class by the way their speak. For example, how society use to and still judge African American dialect which is now called BEV or black English vernacular. A lot of people aren’t hired because they sound too “urban” or they speak “proper English” which enable this system of poverty. Language is learned through enculturation therefore an individual really have no choice in the way they speak. There are ways to fix that issue but you have to hire a speech coach and these people who society think need to can’t afford to and they shouldn’t have to. Another example of how language or dialects display social stratification is the studies of r prononuciation in New York city. In this studies, their purpose was determine how sociolinguistics variation coorelated with social class by studying three different stores that targerted three different social class group and the result were predictable. The class personel or the workers reflects or represent their audience, for example the salespeople in Saks Fifth Avenue which caters to the the
The way someone speak indicated their social rank. According to Kottack, “the use of dem, dese ,and dere is one of many phonological differences that Americans recognize and look down on” (237).which indicate how society devalue those who use “improper english” which everyone can agree on. We all have been guilty of judging a person class by the way their speak. For example, how society use to and still judge African American dialect which is now called BEV or black English vernacular. A lot of people aren’t hired because they sound too “urban” or they speak “proper English” which enable this system of poverty. Language is learned through enculturation therefore an individual really have no choice in the way they speak. There are ways to fix that issue but you have to hire a speech coach and these people who society think need to can’t afford to and they shouldn’t have to. Another example of how language or dialects display social stratification is the studies of r prononuciation in New York city. In this studies, their purpose was determine how sociolinguistics variation coorelated with social class by studying three different stores that targerted three different social class group and the result were predictable. The class personel or the workers reflects or represent their audience, for example the salespeople in Saks Fifth Avenue which caters to the the