Language and Dialects

Linguistic security

________: myth that you dont speak a dialect but everyone else does.

socioeconomic status

Dialects can be affected by region, ________, age, ethnicity, etc.

Language

________: collection of different forms that are all mutually intelligible.

Accommodation

speakers adopt the mode of speech of the person theyre addressing.

Shibboleths

________: pronunciations of a single word which becomes a stereotype of a speech community.

Regional dialectology

involves subjective evaluations.

Dialect continuum

________: when theres a number of continuous dialects, each dialect is closely to the next.

language

collection of different forms that are all mutually intelligible

dialects

forms of speech with coherent, systematic properties

dialect continuum

when theres a number of continuous dialects, each dialect is closely to the next

ex

norway and danish

linguistic security

myth that you dont speak a dialect but everyone else does

shibboleths

pronunciations of a single word which becomes a stereotype of a speech community

variation

style and register

accommodation

speakers adopt the mode of speech of the person theyre addressing

Sociolinguistic Variation

regional and social variation