The dialect which is associated with a social group. A person might have the ability to use multiple sociolects.
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Convergence
Where a speaker moves towards another speaker’s accent, dialect or sociolect
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Divergence
Where a speaker actively distances himself/herself from another speaker by accentuating their own accent or dialect
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Overt prestige
Refers to a dialect used by a culturally powerful group
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Covert prestige
Refers to where non-standard languages or dialects are regarded to be of high linguistic prestige by members of a speech community, but not by the ‘culturally powerful’.
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In-group
An exclusive, typically small, group of people with a shared interest or identity.
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Out-group
Those people who do not belong to a specific in-group.
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Norm-enforcement
Social norms are collective ideas of acceptable group conduct and behaviour. Norm-enforcement is behaviour that ensures that these norms continue.
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Slang
A type of language consisting of words and phrases that are regarded as very informal.
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Colloquialism
A word or phrase that is not formal or literary and is used in ordinary or familiar conversation – casual communication.
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Code-switching
The ability to switch linguistically between two language, dialects, sociolects etc. under difference circumstances.
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Bidialectalism
A speaker’s ability to use two dialects of the same language.
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Neologisms
A newly formed or coined word.
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Stereotype
A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
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Vernacular
The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.
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Taboo language
Words and phrases that are generally considered inappropriate in certain contexts.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Where a speaker moves towards another speaker’s accent, dialect or sociolect
Back
Convergence
Card 3
Front
Where a speaker actively distances himself/herself from another speaker by accentuating their own accent or dialect
Back
Card 4
Front
Refers to a dialect used by a culturally powerful group
Back
Card 5
Front
Refers to where non-standard languages or dialects are regarded to be of high linguistic prestige by members of a speech community, but not by the ‘culturally powerful’.
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