ANTB21H3 Lecture : Tutorial 8 March 6.12.docx
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You can integrate more features of a marked variety or speech which has black indexicality in it. Unmarked: variety or standard that is dialed-down . Banarsi society: english, hindus/muslims, banarsi muslims speak urdu, language hierarchy. Hindi is better than speaking urdu (hindinizing their own language) Paralleling different words: muslims think of hindus as milk men thieves, due to religious observation, even though cultural division exists, there is still a sense of unity as oneness , two types of code-switching. Inter: phrases: use certain types of speech with different types of people. Distinguishing between language choice and language function. Shalini shankar: indian fobs: class distinctions between two groups: fobs and cooler people, caricatures, fobs would be on their own, the way you spoke into new settlement. During prayers they would speak their own language. Distinguishing themselves from the popular kids by speaking punjabi. Viewed fobs as unable to understand the english language, and to be, ghettoizing themselves.
