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  1. Feb 22, 2019 · Each of the definitions allows us to define a set of people who have something in common linguistically – a language or a dialect, interaction by means of speech, a given range of varieties

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  2. Glossary of Sociology terms A Achieved status: Social status based on an individual's effort, rather than traits assigned by biological factors. Examples of achieved status include 'veteran', 'graduate' or 'doctor'. Affirmative action: Action favouring those who tend to suffer from discrimination

  3. Which speech community or communities do you belong to? How do you know (i.e., what are the criteria you used in your assessment)? Gumperz distinguishes between dialectal and superposed variation. Provide a concise definition and examples of each based on your own life experience of linguistic variation.

  4. Summary. This chapter contains section titled: What is Sociolinguistics? Variation: Dialect, Style, Practice, Change. Interaction. Gender, Ethnicity, and Network. Multilingualism and Language Contact.

    • Rajend Mesthrie
    • 2008
  5. These are part of a speech-society interactive relationship; they have no isolated existence other than that in which all these sociolinguistic phenomena and constructs mix up with one another, grow up and hence co-exist in an integrated setting.

    • Ben Rampton
  6. Sociology of Language is the study of how language impacts society. Sociologists in this field study language in social structures, social identities, socialization and how language plays a factor in inequalities, discrimination and accessibility to resources.

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  8. Sociologists and educationalists eagerly sought to understand the relationship between lan guage and social disadvantage, linguists eagerly sought to define the notion of communicative competence in a speech community, and anthropolo gists eagerly sought to investigate the relationship between language and culture.

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