Linguistics 1028A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sociolinguistics, Mutual Intelligibility, Dialectology

• School: Western University
• Department: Linguistics
• Course: Linguistics 1028A/B
• Professor: Stephanie Kelly

Document Summary

Variation that we might observe in a language. Why we don"t understand other languages based on phrases and the order in which we use them. Gerhard identifies himself as a type of speaker. Sociolinguistic norms: markers vs sociolinguistic indicator (something one says that tells us ore about the background of the person) We all share mutual intelligibility: you understand even if there is a bit of difference in the way words are spoken. The world over all over the world they"re salient they stand out. A language is a dialect with an army and a navy max weinwreich. Slang: group specific, temporary, generally only applies to single words that have different meaning. Accent: different ways of producing sounds. Language and dialect both have systems and orders. A dialect is just a dialect until you get a border, and it becomes the language that is shared in that particular area.