LING 320 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Hindi, Celtic Languages, Breton Language
19 Nov 2012
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Variety (hudson) : a set of linguistic items with similar distribution. ex. : canadian english, london english, english of football commentators. According to this definition all languages spoken by a multilingual speaker would consist of the same variety because they are have the same social distribution. Both hudson and ferguson define variety in terms of a specific set of linguistics items or human speech patterns which we can uniquely associate with an external factor. Sociolinguistics must determine, among other things, if such sets of patterns do exist. Vernacular : language a person grows up in and uses in everyday life, common places and social interactions. Often has pejorative associations when used in public. Koine : form of speech shared by people with different vernaculars, although for some people the koine might be the vernacular. Koine is a common language but not necessarily standard. Hindi in several parts of india. (non standard hindi can serve as the koine)
