2. Differences in the language
• Upper class
50’s • Non- upper class
• The differences were
bassed on social class
• The language differences
were based on the region
60’s (dialect ).
3. Principal social dimensions sociolinguistics
have been concerned in :
Social class
( has been the most researched) Age
gender Social network
( people we interact are sources of
women more standard influences on speech
4. varieties of english
Can be divided
into two grups
( r ) pronouncing. (r) Pronouncing
Rothic Non rhotic
5. Language and style
Convergence Hiper correction
Adopts forms used by Recognition of an exterior
other speaker standard correctness
6. Gender
Women
-More standard
-Concerned with politness
-Victorian era : speaking properly was meaning
being a female
7. Standarization
Its created
The by planning
standarization
of the
language is Is never
always complete
changing