LIN251H1 Chapter 11: Styling Language and Identities
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For a biling, style may encompass code-switching. The monoling counterpart is ling style (ex. register, dialects, idiolect) There are 2 main approaches to sociolinguistic style. Long range (macro concept): encompasses full-range of ling levels, from pronunciation to discourse: the many ways speakers express themselves, diversity of social factors; a range of speakers" choices. Takes micro ling features (variables) and their alternating variants, analyzes their occurrences in highly specified linguistic environments. Labov"s techniques of observing casual speech prevents observer"s paradox (how linguists want to observe speech where speakers don"t know they"re being observed) Based on bell"s study of new zealand radio casters changing style for national station (higher status) vs local station. Found that intervocalic /t/ was always voiced more on zb (local station) Accommodation: adjusting your speech to the people you"re interacting with: usually convergence: speakers shift style to be more like interlocutors. Can be upwards or downwards: can be divergence: tactic for differentiating.
