Language
What is language?
A system of symbols with standard meanings
Allows humans to communicate and is the main vehicle of transmission of culture
Language provides context for symbolic understanding
What is social class?
A social class in one or two or more broad groups of individuals who are ranked by the members of the community in socially superior and inferior positions
Who is Labov?
American sociolinguistics
Who is Bernstein?
What is sociolinguistics ?
What types of communication do you know?
direct, indirect, non-human
What are Variables of Social Class?
power, wealth, prestige
What did Labov study?
He explored link between incidence of /r/ producing and social class
What did he investigated in his studies?
Restricted and elaborated speech codes
Labov and Bernstein
What is direct type of communication?
Body Language (kinesics),tone of voice, personal space (proxemics), gesture
What are indexes of social class?
How you look
How you dress
How you talk
What you like to do
Where you live
What your house looks like
What you eat
In what shops he did his investigation?
•Sacks
•Macy`s
•S.Klein
What is restricted code?
this is how we speak to people with similar interests
Sing your favourite English song with your team
WOOOW
What is indirect type of communication?
Writing, Mathematics, Music, Painting, Signs.
What is sociolect?
Grammatical, phonetic and phonological difference
gives us clues about their social background
Saks fifth Avenue
what is the Elaborated code?
more connected with individuals and their uniqueness
Name 10 words starting with R
Bravoooo
What is Non-human communication?
Sounds, Odor, Body Movements
Call Systems, Ethologist
ASL-American Sign Language
What is prestige?
Grammatical, phonetic and phonological difference
gives us clues about their social background
What question did Labov used to conduct his reserch?
‘Excuse me, what floor is this?'
Provide any examples of Bernsten`s restricted or Elaborative codes
good try!
what is vernacular languages?
A vernacular or vernacular language contrasts with a "standard language". It refers to the language or dialect that is typically its speakers' native language, usually spoken informally rather than written, and seen as of lower status than more codified or institutional forms.