1. by Don and Alleen Nilsen
VARIATION ANALYSIS
by Don and Alleen Nilsen

2. BASIC ASSUMPTIONS
There are various ways of saying the same thing and saliences differ
These are affected by S.P.E.A.K.I.N.G. or the V.A.R.I.E.S. model

3. S.P.E.A.K.I.N.G. MODEL by John Gumpers and Dell Hymes
S-Setting
P-Participants
E-Ends
A-Act Sequence
K-Key Tone or Mood
I-Instrumentalities (writing vs. speech)
N-Norms (expectations of the situation)
G-Genre ( , chant, research paper)

4. V.A.R.I.E.S. MODEL by Don and Alleen Nilsen
V-VOCATIONAL JARGON
Computer Guys, Doctors, Lawyers, Linguists, Teachers
A-AGE-RELATED LANGUAGE
Children, Teenagers, Old People
R-REGIONAL LANGUAGE
California, Canada, New York, South
I-INFORMAL OR FORMAL LANGUAGE
Casual Acquaintances, Lovers, Friends, Relatives
E-ETHNIC LANGUAGE
Blacks, Indians, Jews, Mexicans
S-SEX-RELATED LANGUAGE
Males, Females, Lesbians, Gays

5. Vocational Humor: Anthropologist

6. Businessman

7. Computer Geek

8. Doctor

9. Lawyer

10. Linguist

11. Literary Scholar

12. Mathematician

13. Psychologist

14. Sociologist

15. Teacher

16. Age-Related Humor: Baby

17. Children’s Humor

18. Teenager

19. Old Person

20. Really Old Person

21. Regional Humor

22. American Dialect Society

23. Australian Humor
Lost Baggage:

24. British Humor
21 Accents by Amy Walker:

25. New England Humor

26. Yankee-Dixie Quiz
Yankee-Dixie Quiz:

27. Southern Humor

28. Surfer Dude Humor (California)

29. Valley Girl Humor (California)

30. Western Humor

31. Canadian Humor

32. Informal or Formal Humor: Intimate

33. Casual

34. Formal

35. Frozen

36. Ethnic Humor

37. Hispanic Humor

38. Asian

39. Black

40. Jewish

41. Mormon

42. Sex-Related Humor: Men

43. Women

44. Gay Humor

45. Lesbian Humor

46. Transvestite Humor

47. Now it’s your turn. Tell us some jokes that relate to the V.A.R.I.E.S. Model
V-VOCATIONAL JARGON
Computer Guys, Doctors, Lawyers, Linguists, Teachers
A-AGE-RELATED LANGUAGE
Children, Teenagers, Old People
R-REGIONAL LANGUAGE
California, Canada, New York, South
I-INFORMAL OR FORMAL LANGUAGE
Casual Acquaintances, Lovers, Friends, Relatives
E-ETHNIC LANGUAGE
Blacks, Indians, Jews, Mexicans
S-SEX-RELATED LANGUAGE
Males, Females, Lesbians, Gays