CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1. Background Language is an illogical naming system of vocal symbol by means of which members of social group to cooperate or communicate (Bloomfield‚ 1933). Language has many variations since humans as the users of it are very creative. The more creative they are‚ the more variety the language has‚ but before the language experiences variations‚ it first undergoes changes‚ which make it look variable. Such changes occur mainly because humans are interacting with each other
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McMahon‚ April‚ M.S. 1994. Understanding Language Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Romaine‚ Suzanne. 1992. Language‚ Education and Development. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Romaine‚ Suzanne. 1994. Language in Society: An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. Steffen‚ Therese. 2002. Between Transnationalisms and Globalization: Kara Walker`s cultural hybridities.: Globalisation Trask‚ R.L. 1994. Language Change. London: Routledge.
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The term ˜diglossia’ was introduced for the first time into the English language by Charles Ferguson (1959). Ferguson’s definition of diglossia is as follows: Diglossia is a relatively stable language situation in which‚ in addition to the primary dialects of the language‚ there is a divergent‚ highly codified superposed variety‚ the vehicle of a large and respected body of written literature‚ either of an early period or in another speech community‚ which is learned largely by formal education and
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Bilingual Culture; The Role of a Second and a Foreign Language Children learn their native language “Nasa-yuwe” at home and it is spoken among members of their own community‚ but at the time of interacting outside their native communities‚ they must switch to Spanish. Likewise it happens when they have access to the external world like in the case of radio and the internet; what at times suggests that interaction in the outer language (Spanish) has more relevance than interaction in the
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Not too long ago‚ I was part of a group in my English 101 class. We were assigned with researching and writing a paper on a discourse community of our choice. The community we decided to focus our work on was the Edge at Mason‚ a group that helps bring people together through team-building strategies. The need that our work was attempting to respond to was the need to come up with a solution to a potential problem within the discourse community. This problem arose from the lack of any formal supervisior
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SOCIOLINGUISTICS Chapter 1 A Scope of Sociolinguistics According to Hudson‚ sociolinguistics is essentially a study of language as used in society. Language is very important and unique feature of culture because it talks about the behavior of people. The society is represented by its language. Society is totally depended on language. If there is no language in society in society then the society will be considered
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FauziaJanjua‚ International Islamic University‚ Islamabad (PAKISTAN) 2. Talaat‚ M. The Form and Functions of English in Pakistan. Unpublished PhD. Dissertation‚ BZU‚Multan. (2002) 3. Qadir‚ S.A. &Rasul‚ S. Code-mixing in Pakistani Newspapers: A Sociolinguistic Analysis. Paper presented at 2nd Sheikh Ayaz International Conference of Language and Literature‚ University of Sindh‚ Jamshoro. (Nov. 2008). 4. http://www.lotpublications.nl/publish/articles/002401/bookpart.pdf
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LING 160 Guidelines for Exam 2 Exam Date‚ Time‚ and Room # Exam 2 is on Thursday‚ March 28‚ 2012‚ room #3310‚ at 2:30 p.m. It will be about one hour long. Exam Format Mostly multiple-choice questions and a few open-ended‚ short-answer questions‚ like exam 1. We’ll have between 45 and 50 questions total. Unless stated otherwise‚ provide short‚ bullet-like‚ answers to the open-ended questions including only the relevant information and skipping unnecessary parts. For example‚ do not write “I
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What is Sociolinguistics? Is the field which studies the relationship between language and society‚ including cultural norms‚ expectations and context on the way language is used. What is Language? Language is a means of communication‚ it is used to communicate meaning‚ as it is also used to maintain and establish social relationships. What do Sociolinguistics study? Sociolinguistics study the following: 1- They study the relationship between language and society. 2- They are interested
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Gebrauch von Personenbezeichnungen in Stellenanzeigen." Muttersprache 108/1: 67-80. Pauwels‚ Anne: "Feminist language planning and titles for women: some crosslinguistic perspectives." In: Ammon‚ Ulrich/Marlis Hellinger (eds) (1996): Contrastive Sociolinguistics. Berlin: 251-269. Pauwels‚ Anne (1997): "Of handymen and waitpersons: a linguistic evaluation of job classifieds". Australian Journal of Communication 24/1: 58-69. Pauwels‚ Anne (1998): Women changing language. London. Penelope‚ Julia (1990):
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