Sociolinguistics 2nd Meeting

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An introduction to the class

Yulie Asni
Sociolinguists study the relationship
between language and society
Regional Social Phonological

the vocalic "r" is a language is always British vs North


distinctive criterion influenced by a American English
for identification number of social phonological
of one's original factors, for example "accent"
background in the role of the speaker class
English speakers and the listener, the BrE: /klɑːs/
relationship between NAmE: /klæs/
them
Vernacular Standard Lingua Pidgins and
languages languages Francas Creoles

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