A01 Flashcards
(12 cards)
Sociolect
The dialect associated with a social group
Overt prestige
Dialect used by culturally powerful group
Covert prestige
Non standard languages or dialects that’s regarded as being of high linguistic prestige by member of a speech community, but not by the culturally powerful
Class
Cultural- economic and social standing of a group of people
Capital
Wealth, money
Linguistic Marketplace
A metaphor for social interactions within a given context
Class aspiration
Desires of an individual to graduate to the next social class
Hyper correction
Attempts to be more correct leads to more mistakes
Code switching
Ability to switch between two languages, dialect, sociolect under different circumstances
Linguistic insecurity
A concern that one’s language is insufficient in some way
Social Mobility
The ability to change social class
Types of capital
-Economic
- Cultural
- Social