Sociolinguistics

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In this lesson, we are concerned with sociolinguistics, which aims to account for the close relationship between language and society. In other terms, we are interested in language as a socio-cultural factor.

We will cover the following chapters:

chapter 1: The scope of sociolinguistics
chapter 2:  Language variation

      Language and dialect  

      Standardization
      Vernaculars
       Accent
      Speech community
      Idiolect
      Linguistic repertoire
      Register
 chapter 3: Language and social context

 chapter 4: Language and the Individual speaker

          Regional varieties

          Social varieties

          Sex varieties

          Ethnic varieties
      Diglossia, bilingualism and code-switching
      Diglossia
      Bilingualism
      Code-switching
      Pidgins, creoles and lingua francas
      Pidgins
      Creoles

      Lingua francas

This Document is made by:

ER-RAMI Mohamed Amine

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