TAILIEUCHUNG - Lecture Introduction to linguistics: Language and society

In this chapter, students will be able to understand: Sociolinguistics, language and society, language and speakers, sapir-whorf hypothesis, language reflects society, society changes language, important terms in sociolinguistics. | Language and Society Dr. Ansa Hameed Today’s Lecture Sociolinguistics Language and Society Language and Speakers Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis Language reflects Society Society changes Language Important Terms in Sociolinguistics Sociolinguistics Sociolinguistics - the study of the relationships between a language system (langue) and speaking (parole) in a social and cultural context Study of the structure and use of language as it relates to its social setting Language and Society Language has a social function: it helps us to establish and maintain relationships. Convey information about the speaker. Language and Speakers Users of the same language in a sense all speak differently. The kind of language each of them chooses to use is in part determined by his social background. Language, in its turn, reveals information about its speaker To some extent, language, especially the structure of its lexicon, reflects the physical environments of a society Language in its Social & Cultural Settings Does language influence the perception of reality and cultural behavior? Does language reflect reality in a culture? Or, is it both? LINGUISTIC RELATIVISM and DETERMINISM Edward Sapir/Benjamin Lee Whorf – the “Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis” language & culture intrinsically linked "language is a guide to social reality. it powerfully conditions all our thinking about social problems and processes." Language and Thought Sapir-Whorf hypothesis Language predisposes people to see the world in a certain way guiding behavior Language reflects reality Rich vocabulary reflects a cultural focus Language determines thought Whereas English, for example, has only one word for snow ( or two if we include sleet), Eskimo has several. The reasons for this are obvious. It is essential for Eskimos to be able to distinguish efficiently between different types of snow. English, of course, is quite able to make the same distinctions: fine snow, dry snow, soft snow, and so on, but in Eskimos this sort of .

• Ngôn ngữ học
• Introduction to linguistics
• Sign language
• Applied Linguistics
• Ngôn ngữ học
• Sapir whorf hypothesis
• Language reflects society
• An Introduction to Applied Linguistics
• Ebook An Introduction to Applied Linguistics
• History Linguistics
• Applied linguists
• Language learning
• Professionalising of applied linguists
• Applied linguistics challenge
• Language use
• Generative linguistics
• Historical linguistics
• Traditional grammar
• Branches of linguistics
• Ferdinand de saussure
• The Prague School
• Relational grammar
• First language acquisition
• Bound morpheme
• Types of free morpheme
• Levels of language
• Types of morphemes
• Paradigmatic view
• Noun phrase
• Adjective phrase
• Syntactic processes
• Syntactic analysis
• Ultimate constituent analysis
• Generative grammar
• Startificational grammar
• Sentential semantics
• Referential theory
• Lexical semantics
• Types of meanings
• Relevance theory
• Cooperation theory
• Argumentation theory
• Language origin
• Development of Language
• Distinct features of language
• Language development theories
• Language development
• Second language learning
• Learner Strategies
• Universal theory
• Brain areas involved in language
• Language disorders
• American sign language
• ASL Grammar
• Fingerspelled loan signs