Sociolinguistics

Groubs 7

1. Agnes Vrisca C.
(201810100311069)
2. Natasya Talitha H.
(201810100311070)
3. Vanya Maulidia A.
(201810100311073)
 Sociolinguistics

Hudson (1996)
Sociolinguistics is “The study of language in relation to society…”
C.Criper dan H.G.Widdowson
Sociolinguistics is the study of language operation, it’s purpose is to investigate how the
convention of the language use relate to other aspects of social behavior.
HOW CAN SOCIOLINGUISTICS IMPORTANT

1. The way you talk (pronounciations, word

choice, grammar) says something about
your social identity.
2. There are strong social beliefs and attitudes
associates with certain ways of speaking.
3. These attitudes are social norms, not
objectives facts about language itself.
 Sociolinguistic
Macro-Sociolinguistic Micro-Sociolinguistic
 Macro-Sociolinguistics
Macro-sociolinguistics is a bird’s-eye view
of the languages used in society. It looks
at society as a whole and considers how
language functions in it and how it reflects
the social differentiations.
 Micro-Sociolinguistics
Micro-sociolinguistics is a worm’s-eye
view of language in use. It looks at
society from the point of view of and
individual member within it.
Bilingualism and Diglossia
Pidgins and Creols
Language Planing
 Sociolinguistics

The Standart Language

The languages in use that has only
one variety. This is actually an idealized
variety, because it has no specific region.
It is the variety associated with
administrative, commercial and
educational centers, regardless of region.
Accent
An accent is the way that
particular person or group of
people sound.  It’s the way
somebody pronounces words, the
musicality of their speech, etc.

Dialect
A dialect describes both a
person’s accent and the
grammatical features of the way
that person talks.
 Dialects
Dialects : Varieties of language characteristic of groups
of speakers.
• Geographically defined groups : Regional dialects
• Groups defined by social factors :  Social dialect
o  Socio-economic class
o  Ethnicity 
o  Gender
o  Age
o  Sexual orientation 
 Idiolect vs sociolect

Idiolect is (linguistics) the language variant

used by a specific individual.

Sociolect is the variant of language used by

a social group such as a socioeconomic
class, an ethnic group, an age group, etc.
 Ways Dialect Can Differ

Features which vary :

1. Pronounciations
2. Vocabullary
3. Grammar
4. Conversational Practice
Pronounciation Variation
Lexical Variation
Grammar Variation

Negative Concord = Double Negation

Sociolinguistics : The study of
variation in language
 Sociolinguistics Factors
Language Internal : Language External :
Socially Stigmatized Dialect Features
Style Shifting
Code Switching