Week 8 - chpt 18 & 19 + questions

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Week 8

 

- Chapter 18 & 19 - social and regional variations

- Teach each other

- Test understanding of key terminology

"A language is a dialect with an army and navy."

Max Weinreich

Prior knowledge

 

- What's the difference between British English and AmE?

- What are some well-known British dialects?

- What is a pidgin? What is a creole?

- What happens when two heart surgeons talk shop?

- Do young people speak and write differently?

- Does language use change when talking to different people?

- Is this 'correct' language usage?: "She be working downtown"

Teaching each other

Chpt 18: Regional Variation in Language - page 268

Chpt 19: Social Variation in Language - page 283

1. In pairs, numbered heads: who studies what chapter -20 min
2. Explain, illustrate, exemplify: a key concept of your chpt
   
3. The listener paraphrases the concept
4. Change roles after each concept --> tested later on
   

What is/are the difference(s) between an accent and a dialect?

Style shifting can be done in two ways: convergence & divergence. What is true about convergence?

1. adjusting your language to reduce social distance
2. Using jargon to fit in with a social group
3. adjusting your language to emphasize social distance
4. Using slang to fit in with a social group

What is an isogloss?

A large number of isoglosses together would constitute ……

1. a vernacular
2. a diglossia
3. an idiolect
4. a dialect boundary

A social marker is an indicator of social status. Can you give two examples in the English/Dutch language?

Slang is a blending of short & language.
Which sentence DOESN'T contain slang?

1. That was a wicked gig, man!
2. I only need a fiver - just give me five quid!
3. I couldn't seem to get hold of Mrs Johnson
4. That was a kick-ass dope jump you did, bro

REGIONAL VARIATION

SOCIAL VARIATION

NORMS

Diglossia + vernacular

Pidgin & Creole

Socio & Idiolect

Social marker

Style shifting

Two forms of prestige

Convergence & Divergence

Listening focus

Which elements of regional and social variations do you recognise in the video clip?

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Which elements did you recognise?

Schematic outline

 

1. Theories on why/how we came to use language (chpt 1)
   
2. Individual words: how did we get so many? (5)
   
3. Morphology: zooming in on word parts. (6)
   
4. Semantics: how do words relate to one another? (9)
   
5. How can we make sense of language around us? (10)
   
6. How can we make sense of conversation? (11)
   
7. Language families and development of Eng language (17)
8. Regional and social variations in language (18 + 19)
9. Two choice chapters (see #OO)
   

The exam

 

Part I: multiple choice
Part II: ‘open’ questions
Part III: chapters of choice

How and what to study:

Focus on terminology --> test yourself actively, continously and in intervals
Do the study questions
Use the PP & worksheets & toetsmatrijs

Done revising? Take the Lessonup test on #OO.

Any tips / tops for me?

 

Write them on a piece of paper and hand them in at the end.

Let's test ourselves again

 

Which of the following words came into the English language through coinage?

1. Assassin
2. Infotainment
3. Kleenex
4. a hankie

In which of the following words is "im" NOT a derivational morpheme?

1. Impossible
2. Imperceptible
3. Impala
4. Imperil

What is a possible prototype of the superordinate "flower"? Also give two co-hyponyms of the superordinate "sports"

Lexical

Functional

Inflectional

Deriva-

tional

shock

shocked

distasteful

shocks

teacher

teacher's

Their

for

effect

how

stronger

What term do linguists use for words from different languages that are similar in form and meaning?
Words like: Hause, house, huis are called ...

You are hungry and would like to eat something. Which of the following is/are indirect speech acts

1. Are you having anything to eat?
2. Are you going to finish that?
3. I am hungry.
4. Give me a sandwich!

Which of the following principles / maxims is broken?

1. quantity
2. quality
3. relation
4. manner

Person deixis

Spatial deixis

Temporal deixis

I

am

sorry

that

he

was

not

here

yesterday

1

2

3

4

5

"I am taking my dog to the vet"
What process led to the word vet?
Word relationship folks also pay extra close attention here.

3 X

5 X

4 X

4 X

3 X

The divine source

The natural

sound source

The social inter-action source

The physical

adaptation source

The genetic source

Innateness hypothesis

FOXP2

Larynx

capacity for speech

risk of choking

"Yo-he-ho" theory

Coordinated effort

The "Pooh-Pooh" theory

Social groups

The "Bow-Wow" theory

Onomatopeia

Instinctive emo-tional sounds

Quest for "original" language

There's one in almost every culture

Q1: Have you seen my sneakers?

Q3: Green? Which ones do you mean?

A2: Yes, the green ones with the yellow stripes!

With the yellow stripes

They are in the bedroom

Q2

A3

Do you mean those green ones?

A1:

He drank the whole bottle

Hyponomy

antonym

synonym

homonym

 go see the vet

He is a Nam vet

couch

sofa

bank

metonomy

superordinate

buy

sell

boiling a kettle