LING101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Mutual Intelligibility, Sociolinguistics, Sexual Orientation
24 Sep 2017
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The study of the interaction between language use and society. A variety of a language spoken by a particular group of people. No dialect is inferior, less pure, less logical, less complex, etc. than other dialects. Sometimes, mutually intelligible dialects are considered different languages. Sometimes, mutually unintelligible dialects are considered the same language. A language is a dialect with an army and a navy. If 2 dialects are mutually intelligible, they belong to the same language. If 2 dialects are mutually unintelligible, they belong to different languages. A language itself is a collection of dialects. Many regional dialects can exist within miles of each other. Many language patterns are correlated with social characteristics. It is spoken in a capital city, or the most populated city in a country. All dialects are scientifically equal, but there are benefits to knowing the standard dialect. Simplifies communication between speakers of different dialects. Language is used to assert one"s identity.
