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Introduction to Language and Society Course Textbook Trudgill, Peter. 2000. Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society, 4th edition. London: Penguin Books. For the most part, the PowerPoint slides for this course come from this book. 1/11

Outline of Fromkin, Rodman & Hyams, Chapter 10: Language in Society Dialects Accents Dialects of English Phonological Differences Lexical Differences Syntactic Differences Standard Language Fromkin, Victoria, Robert Rodman & Nina Hyams. 2003. An Introduction to Language, 7th edition. Boston: Thomson Wadsworth. 2/11

Outline of Fromkin, Rodman & Hyams, Chapter 10: Language in Society Banned Languages Revival of Languages African American English Pidgins and Creoles Styles, Slang, and Jargon Taboo Language Language, Sex, and Gender Fromkin, Victoria, Robert Rodman & Nina Hyams. 2003. An Introduction to Language, 7th edition. Boston: Thomson Wadsworth. 3/11

Sociolinguistic Course Goals Teach you something that may change the way you look at language use. Help you avoid misunderstandings between people from different cultures. Help you avoid giving offense.  Help you avoid being offended. 4/11

Language Uses  Communicate information  Establish relationships  Maintain relationships  Evaluate/Assess people (their status) 5/11

Pronunciation (Accent)  Vocabulary  Syntax (Grammar) Linguistic Variation Pronunciation (Accent)  Vocabulary  Syntax (Grammar) 6/11

Taiwan and Beijing Mandarin Differences 1 Pronunciation Retroflexes ㄓㄔㄕ / ㄗㄘㄙ Use of –r suffix -兒 7/11

Taiwan and Beijing Mandarin Differences 2 Vocabulary Locative suffixes: 上面 ( 邊 / 頭) words for tomato, taxi, potato, etc. 8/11

Taiwan and Beijing Mandarin Differences 3 Syntax Past A-not-A Questions 你有沒有吃蘋果？ Resultative Verb A-not-A Questions 你聽不聽得懂？ 9/11

Social Factors in Language Variation Hometown Education Status in society Age  Gender  Formality of situation 10/11

Communicative Competence (Based on Hymes) Grammatical Competence 2. Sociolinguistic Competence 3. Discourse Competence 4. Strategic Competence Oxford, Rebecca L. 1990. Language Learning Strategies. Boston: Heinle & Heinle Publishers, p. 7. 11/11