LIN251H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: William Labov, Speech Community, Diglossia
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5) (william labov) principle of the debt: an investigator ho has obtained ling data from members of a speech community has an obligation to use the knowledge based on that data for the benefit of the community. Develop an orthography develop a written version of the spoken language. Started version of grammar for school kids. Variety = code (code-switch: lang, dialect, register, genre. Repertoire (collection of how a community/individual uses lang) Speech community (group of people with a shared repertoire: labov: speech community should be defined about how much they agree that people should talk. Diglossia: situation where 2 different varieties or codes are used in different contexts: ex. English at school, korean at home (esp. if pattern continues between others in community: different dialects of same language being used in different contexts ex. classical. Arabic in religion, regional dialects in every day conversations.
