Language Problems In Language And Society

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Language and Society Sociolinguistics Sociolinguistics: is a branch of linguistics that studies the relationship between language and society. It looks for the social factors which lead to the diversity among languages. Sociolinguists try to analyze the social factors which lead to the diversity of human languages. they are interested in language differences, especially in variation with in a particular language What problems arise in an attempt to define the notion of {a language}? Several problems would arise in the attempt to define the notion of { a language } First: a geographical definition of a language would separate Australian, British and American English, which is unsatisfactory. Second: nationality is a vague notion which…show more content…
Language and Sex The similarities between man and women speech First: almost all studies proved that men and women speak the same amount of speech Second: they both use empty adjectives ex: cute, Charming third: both men and women use question intonation in response to queries The differences First: women use tentative phrases because of their soft nature ex: kind of, sort of Second: women pant for prestige standard, because women may be pressurized by society to behave in a ladylike manner or because they are the main child-rears or they may tend to have jobs which rely on communication rather than on strength. Language planning: is a situation in which a government or education authority attempts to manipulate the linguistic situation in a particular direction. This is more likely to be successful if existing uses of a language are gradually extended Since the sudden imposition of a particular language by decree may well result in failure. Lingua franca: is one or simplified language, which is adopted as a common means of communication by multilingual societies when the speakers are not proficient in all the language
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