ANT253H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Sociolect, Speech Community, Jargon
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Purpose of chapter looking at various aspects of sociolectal variation in f2f and cmc spaces. Dealing with sociolinguistic phenomena such as slang, jargon, cants, registers, styles, and language codes. The variant forms of speech are called social dialects, extending the traditional grographical notion of dialect to encompass variation in the social domain. Speech community- a group of people sharing a common language or dialect. To be considered a part of speech community, an individual need to have communicative competence, that is, the ability to use language (or dialect) in a way that fits the situation. People use slang more often in speaking than in writing, and more often with friends than strangers. Slang bespeaks of friendliness and commonality; jargon does not. Slang expressions become colloquialisms, that is , expressions used in everyday conversation that are not considered appropriate for formal speech or writing.
