Name : Rahayu Meliasari

Student number : F12108019

Ethinicity and social networks

 Many ethnic groups use a distinctive language associated with their ethnic identity.
Where a choice of language is available for communication, it is often possible for an
individual to signal their ethnicity by the language they choose to use. Even when a
complete conversation in an ethnic language is not possible, people may use short
phrases, verbal fillers or linguistic tags, which signal ethnicity.
 American Black english has some features which do not occur in standard american
english, and others which occurs very much less frequently in the standard dialect.
These linguistic differences act as symbols of ethnicity.
 Black english is heard especially in the northern cities of the united states. One of its
most distinctive features is the complete absence of the copula verb be in some social
and linguistic contexts.
 Consonant cluster simplification is another feature which distinguishes the speech of
white and Afro-Americans. All english speakers simplify consonant clusters in some
contexts.
 There are a number of regional varieties of British Black English, such as Polly’s
Midlands variety and a London variety. The function of these varieties as symbols of
ethnicity among Black British people is, however, quite clear.
 Networks in sociolinguistics refer to the pattern of informal relationships people are
involved in on a regular basis. There are two technical terms which have proved very
useful for describing different types of netwoks – density and plexity.
 Density refers to whether members of a person’s network are in touch with each
other. Plexity is a measure of the range of different types of transaction people are
involved in with different individual. A uniplex relation is one where the link with the
other person is in only one area.
 A workmate might also be someone you play tennis with and meet at church
regularly. If most transactions in a community are of this type, the network would be
considered multiplex.
 When adults belong to more than one network, they may this by altering their speech
forms as they were from one context to another. A study which examined language
shift in Obewart on the Austrian and Hungarian border made good use of the concept
in social networks.
 The patterns in these communities are best explained not by sex or ethnicity, but by
the interactive networks the two sets of parents are involved in.
 Name : Fajar Aminullah
Student number : F12108026

Ethinicity and social networks

o Even when a complete conversation in an ethnic language is not possible, people may
use short phrases, verbal fillers or linguistic tags, which signal ethnicity. Many ethnic
groups use a distinctive language associated with their ethnic identity. Where a choice
of language is available for communication, it is often possible for an individual to
signal their ethnicity by the language they choose to use. Even when a complete
conversation in an ethnic language is not possible, people may use short phrases,
verbal fillers or linguistic tags, which signal ethnicity.
o Black english is heard especially in the northern cities of the united states. One of its
most distinctive features is the complete absence of the copula verb be in some social
and linguistic contexts. American Black english has some features which do not occur
in standard american english, and others which occurs very much less frequently in
the standard dialect. These linguistic differences act as symbols of ethnicity.
o Though linguists present this ideal of equality between the languages and dialects
used by different ethnic and social groups, it has no social reality. Varieties acquire
the social status of their users, and the divisions of dialects along racial, ethnic and
social lines have been only too apparent in many countries, including the United
States on America and Britain.
o There are a number of regional varieties of British Black English, such as Polly’s
Midlands variety and a London variety. The function of these varieties as symbols of
ethnicity among Black British people is, however, quite clear. Consonant cluster
simplification is another feature which distinguishes the speech of white and Afro-
Americans. All english speakers simplify consonant clusters in some contexts.
o Networks in sociolinguistics refer to the pattern of informal relationships people are
involved in on a regular basis. There are two technical terms which have proved very
useful for describing different types of netwoks – density and plexity. Density refers to
whether members of a person’s network are in touch with each other. Plexity is a
measure of the range of different types of transaction people are involved in with
different individual. A uniplex relation is one where the link with the other person is
in only one area.
o When adults belong to more than one network, they may this by altering their speech
forms as they were from one context to another. A study which examined language
shift in Obewart on the Austrian and Hungarian border made good use of the concept
in social networks.