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Language Variation
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Language Variation
Any given language varies from region to region, from social class to social class, from situation to situation and from person to person.
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Language Variation
Any given language varies from region to region, from social class to social class, from situation to situation and from person to person.
There is essentially an unlimited number of factors which create this situation: location of birth, residence, education, social milieu, age.
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Language Variation
One example of variation is “dialect” variation, or regional variation.
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Language Variation
One example of variation is “dialect” variation, or regional variation.
However the notion of “dialect” is troubling.
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Language Variation
One example of variation is “dialect” variation, or regional variation.
However the notion of “dialect” is troubling.
Is a dialect a “substandard” phenomenum?
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Language Variation
A case in point: French and its “patois”
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Language Variation
A case in point: French and its “patois”– Until the mid 19th century, most
people in France spoke some variety of “patois” or other regional/national languages.
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Language Variation
A case in point: French and its “patois”– Until the mid 19th century, most
people in France spoke some variety of “patois” or other regional/national languages.
– The patois can be broken down into three main categories:
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Language Variation
A case in point: French and its “patois”– Until the mid 19th century, most
people in France spoke some variety of “patois” or other regional/national languages.
– The patois can be broken down into three main categories:
Langue d’oïl (northern dialects) Langue d’oc (southern dialects) Franco-Provençal (intermediate dialects)
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Language Variation
A case in point: French and its “patois”– The French taught in schools and
universities, “Standard French”, is really the patois called “francien”, which is the regional variation spoken around Paris.
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Language Variation
A case in point: French and its “patois”– The French taught in schools and
universities, “Standard French”, is really the patois called “francien”, which is the regional variation spoken around Paris.
– In fact, the francien patois was an international language before it was a national language!
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Language Variation
A case in point: French and its “patois”– All the French patois grew out of, not
francien, but from Latin. So in a sense, in the “substandard” theory, the entire French language, and all its patois, are corruptions of Latin.
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Language Variation
Another case in point, Spanish and its nearby neighbors, national languages as “dialects”
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Language Variation
Another case in point, Spanish and its nearby neighbors, national languages as “dialects”– In Spain, several Latin based
languages are present:
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Language Variation
Another case in point, Spanish and its nearby neighbors, national languages as “dialects”– In Spain, several Latin based
languages are present: castellano gallego catalan (valenciano) asturiano
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Language Variation
Another case in point, Spanish and its nearby neighbors, national languages as “dialects”– These languages have “national”
identities attached to them beyond and often predating the existence of Spain.
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Language Variation
Another case in point, Spanish and its nearby neighbors, national languages as “dialects”– These languages have “national”
identities attached to them beyond and often predating the existence of Spain.
– Portuguese is also considered by some a dialect of Spanish.
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Language Variation
Mutual intelligibility
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Language Variation
Mutual intelligibility– As long as two speakers of a given
language can understand each other, we say that mutual intelligibility exists.
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Language Variation
Mutual intelligibility– As long as two speakers of a given
language can understand each other, we say that mutual intelligibility exists.
– When mutual intelligibility does not exist, we might have a case for two separate languages.
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Language Variation
Variation by Social class
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Language Variation
Variation by Social class– People living side by side can have
different variations based on their social milieu.
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Language Variation
Variation by Social class– People living side by side can have
different variations based on their social milieu.
– Blue collar vs. White Collar in the US– Working class vs. Upper middle class
in the UK– Classe ouvrière vs. Bourgeois in
France
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Language Variation
Variation by Individual: The idiolect
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Language Variation
Variation by Individual: The idiolect– Result of:
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Language Variation
Variation by Individual: The idiolect– Result of:
place of birth external cultural influences social class social milieu education age life experience psychology
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Language Variation
Variation by Circumstance
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Language Variation
Variation by Circumstance– Formal vs. informal
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Language Variation
Variation by Circumstance– Formal vs. informal
Depends on social setting Ranges from swearing and using slang to
using very careful wording in exceptional circumstances (PC language for example).