Speech community what is the definition of Sociolinguistics

SPEECH COMMUNITY

What is the definition of Sociolinguistics

According to Fishman,

Sociolinguistic is "the study of the characteristics of language varities, the characteristics of their functions, and the characteristics of their speakers. as these three constantly interact, change,

and change one another within a speech community."

1. Lyons (1970): Speech community is all people who use a give language or dialect.

2. Labov (1972): Speech community is Participation in a set of shared norms; these norms may be observed in overt types of evaluative behavior, and by the uniformity of abstract patterns of variationwhich are invariant in respect to particular levels of usage

SPEECH COMMUNITY IS A GROUP OF SPEAKERS WHO SHARE A LANGUAGE AND PATTERNS OF LANGUAGE USE. IT MEANS THAT, THE DEFINITION OF A SPEECH COMMUNITY IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE AND SHARE THE SAME DIALECT, WORDS, AND GRAMMAR RULES OF A LANGUAGE AS A STANDARD.

AN EXAMPLE OF A SPEECH COMMUNITY IS THE GROUP OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE SPEAKERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

There are 9 aspects

1. Age 2. Region

3. Social class 4. Education

5. Family 6. Region

7. Occuption/hobbie 8. Gender

9. Etnicity

Speech Comunity: 1. Intersecting Communities 2. Network and Repertoire

1. INTERSECTING COMMUNITIES

AN INDIVIDUAL BELONGS TO VARIOUS SPEECH COMMUNITIES AT THE SAME TIME, BUT ON ANY PARTICULAR OCCASION WILL IDENTIFY WITH ONLY ONEOF THEM. THE PARTICULAR IDENTIFICATION DEPENDING ON WHAT IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT OR CONSTRACTIVE IN THE CIRCONSTANCES

Network

a. Dense Network

People you know and interact with also know and interact with one people.

b. Multiplex Network People that tied together in a network.

REPERTOIRES

ACCORDING TO PLATT, REPERTOIRES IS THE RANGE OF LINGUISTIC VARIETIES WHICH THE SPEAKER HAS AT HIS/HER DISPOSAL AND WHICH HE/SHE MAY OPPROPRIATELY USE A MEMBER OF HIS/HER SPEECH COMMUNITY

1.VERBAL REPERTOIRE

THE TOTTALY OF LINGUISTIC FORMS EMPLOYED IN A SOCIALLY SIGNIFICANT INTERACTION.

2. SPEECH REPERTOIRES LINGUISTIC VARIETIES USED BY A SPEECH COMMUNITY

Conclusion