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Yesicha Ryona
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Language Variation
Regional Variation The Linguistic Variable Linguistic and Social Variation Data Collection and Analysis
Regional Variation
Traditional study of dialect Important part of Historical Linguistics Family trees and phonemic splits between languages and dialects attributed to time, space, etc Latin v /w/ to /v/ in later period IE. *ptr to Latin pater to French pere To Germanic fader to English father
Dialect Atlases
Try to show the geographical boundaries of the distribution of a particular linguistic feature by drawing a line on a map Such a line is called an isogloss On one side of the line people say one thing, on the other they say a different thing.
Isogloss
The isogloss is the boundary line between groups who say something differently. When there are a number of different things said on one side of the boundary from what is said on the other side, we can say that the boundary marks a dialect boundary.
Linguistic Variable
A linguistic item which has identified variants.
Fishing / fishin/ fishen Singing / singin Car / cah With / wit / wif Latin / la?in thirty / thirdy Coffee / cowfee It was a macao Tom not a parrot! Hes happy / he be happy / he happy Climbed / clomb Look for a present for my mom / look for my mom a present
Hypercorrection
It is I. We want to sound high class sometimes, so we say and write things that are stilted and/or purple. The upper class often dont care what fork they use and use slang with relish. Middle class people sometimes reveal themselves as middle class by being too proper in dress, behaviour, and language.
Is Sociolinguistics
A science A social science Part of the humanities A liberal studies requirement
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