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Ch7
Real&App Time
Ch8
Social Class
Ch9
SocNtwrk CofP
Ch10
Gender
Ch11
Lang Contact
100
Speakers of different ages are compared in a speech community at the same point in time
apparent time
100
For example, when reading word lists, speakers from the second highest social class will suddenly produce more tokens of a prestige form than speakers in
cross-over
100
This type of network is characterized by everyone within the network knowing each other
dense network
100
Females are more likely to use standard forms in "change from above" but are more likely to use innovative vernacular forms in "change from below"
gender paradox
100
A language used as a means of communicating between native speakers of different languages
lingua franca
200
Studies in which the same speakers are examined over time
(real-time) panel studies
200
His theory of "social class" held that it is based on a person's status, measured in terms of lifestyle and life choices in addition to measures of wealth and occupation
Max Weber
200
Individuals in a social network are linked through several social relationships (e.g., cousins-coworkers-neighbors)
multiplex ties
200
Of the three approaches to the study of gender and language--deficit, difference, dominance, this one is the one advocated by Deborah Tannen
"difference" approach
200
Reduction of differences distinguishing regional dialects or accents
dialect levelling
300
Studies done over time in which speakers at the different points in time are roughly comparable
age-grading
300
A distribution of variants that shows that the usage of each group of speakers differs markedly from one group to the next; in other words, there is a big gap between groups
broad stratification
300
Mutual engagement, a jointly negotiated enterprise, a shared repertoire
characteristics of a community of practice
300
This type of behavior involves mock aggression, such as teasing and rough-housing, and is used to create connection with friends by males
ritual opposition
300
The language that has provided most of the vocabulary (i.e., lexicon) to a pidgin or creole
lexifier
400
Individuals change their linguistic behavior throughout their lifetimes, but the community as a whole does not change. In other words, individuals change while the community remains stable.
age-grading
400
The feeling by a speaker that the variety s/he uses is somehow inferior, ugly, or bad
linguistic insecurity
400
Speakers who have the most ties outside their networks and thus introduce and lead in the adoption of innovations
brokers
400
In this type of rapport talk, women create and maintain friendships with each other by sharing problems
troubles talk
400
Verbs that introduce quoted speech
quotative verbs
500
The theory that the value of a speaker's choice of language depends on her/his role in society. For example, listeners place more value on the language of "professionals of language" (e.g., teachers, authors, lawyers), than they do on that of chemists or engineers
linguistic marketplace
500
A negative element in a sentence requires all other indefinites to also be negative
negative concord
500
Different modes of production and consumption; for example, as a family's income rises, the need for networks to provide support mechanisms is reduced
life-modes
500
Asking a general question about someone's preference and then discussing feelings; common with females
negotiating in
500
This word in Tok Pisin can be used for emphasis (e.g., you "yourself") or to intensify (e.g., "very far away")
"yet"