LIN 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Philadelphia English, Linguistic System, Sociolinguistics
19 Apr 2017
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Language and identity: first half of the course: foundational concepts. What is the difference between stable variation and a change in progress: this section of the course: language and identity. How do people use language to express their identities, relate to others, and communities: age, social network, class, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, etc. Why care how variation is acquired: chomsky: sociolinguistics is just butter y collecting , competence, performance, but many linguists no long accept the competence/performance distinction. In part because of sociolinguistic research: maybe variation isn"t due to an an error. Focused on (-t,d) deletion in philadelphia english in the speech of kids in daycare, and their caregivers. By age 3, children have acquired grammatical and phonological constraints. But social constraints take longer to acquire. Acquiring variation: smith et al 2007: smith et al 2007: Examined caregiver-child interactions in 24 dyads, children aged 2;6 and 4;0.
