ANT102H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Sami People, Sociolinguistics, Quebec French
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Used minimal geographies such as villages, mountains, etc. Basic speech unit of analysis ( d. hymes, j. gumperz) Speech acts, speech events, and speech situations: focuses more on ethnographic society. Verbal repertoires: indicator of social identity and status, speaking multiple languages , speaking various dialects of single language, code-switching, language switching, multiple languages exist. Saami people; only speak saami within themselves and tend to speak in a different language when they are in mixed room of saami and norwegians. Means conversation: culturally recognized forms of talk, face to face. Often between 2-3 people (small groups: over extended time scale. Ongoing conversations in which may people participate. O(cid:271)a(cid:373)a speaki(cid:374)g afri(cid:272)a(cid:374) diale(cid:272)t of (cid:448)ery for(cid:373)al (cid:858)har(cid:448)ard(cid:859) english. Not the same as political speeches 20 or 30 years ago: focus on power relations and dialogue, obamas differe(cid:374)t use of diale(cid:272)ts (cid:449)he(cid:374) he(cid:859)s talki(cid:374)g to differe(cid:374)t groups. Refers to variants of a language: definition depends on frame of reference (region or geography)
