ANTH 1220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Yinz, Sociolinguistics, Historical Linguistics

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1220
• Professor: Ellen R.Judd

Document Summary

Sociolinguistics: study of the impacts of socioeconomic factors, such as gender and class, on language and communication within a society. Standard english: the dialect of english chosen as normative, a reflection of the social, economic and political standing of its speakers: generic, flat english. Code-switching: changing from one dialect or language to another according to the context in which one is speaking. Lingua franca: language used in particular areas by speakers of many different languages in order to communicate with one another: ex: speaking english at the un. Pidgins: a simplified language that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups that do not have a language in common: ex: language in cannibal source. Creoles: a language that has historic roots as an amalgamation of vocabulary and grammar derived from two of more independent languages: pidgin evolves into creoles when pidgin is their native language.