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    Idiolect

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    discrete website of Tumblr where they view themselves as separate from the rest of their generation. While each generation has created their own sociolect throughout their lives‚ and modern teenagers are no exception to this‚ teens on Tumblr have created their own sociolect to differentiate themselves from those around them. The most defining trait of the sociolect of Tumblr is the overuse of sarcasm. Sarcasm is what separates Tumblr users from the rest of the population. More often than not‚ people on

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    etc.‚ and how creation and adherence to these rules is used to categorize individuals in social or socioeconomic classes. As the usage of a language varies from place to place‚ language usage also varies among social classes‚ and it is these sociolects that sociolinguistics studies. Sociolinguistics often shows us the humorous realities of human speech and how a dialect of a given language can often describe the age‚ sex‚ and social class of the speaker; it codes the social function of a language

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    Idiolect

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    Idiolect – language of an individual Idiolect (coined by linguist Bernard Bloch: from Greek idio (personal‚ private) + (dia) lect) is a variant of the language used by one person‚ the distinctive speech of an individual‚ considered as a linguistic pattern unique among speakers of his or her language or dialect [6]. It is expressed in specific principles of word choice and grammatical features‚ as well as in words‚ expressions‚ idioms and pronunciation‚ which is specific to a given person.

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    to look at sociolinguistics in depth‚ but the following could well help us in studying the relationship between these two characters: 1. Idiolect. Language particular to an individual (formed by where they live‚ education‚ family‚ class etc.) 2. Sociolect. Language of a particular social group. 3. Accommodation theory. The linguist Howard Giles (Language: Contexts and Consequences‚ 1991) looked at how we adapt language to fit particular social situations – he called the process ‘accommodation’. Eg

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    A person’s regional‚ social and individual identity can be revealed by the language he or she uses. In an essay of not more than 400 words‚ discuss with reference to the characteristics and salient features of DIALECT‚ SOCIOLECT and IDIOLECT. Linguists commonly use language variety as a cover term for any of the overlapping subcategories of a language‚ including dialect‚ idiolect and social dialect. The use of the word variety refer to those different forms that avoid the use of the term language

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    (from: Wikipedia) Question 1: Can you think of examples of language change(s) in English? Question 2: Can you think of reasons why a langue may change over time? Language Variation Synchronic variation consists of the range of accents and dialects‚ sociolects and idiolects that happen to be in use within one language. Regional variation has long been documented‚ as has social variation such as Black English in the USA‚ and Upper-middle class pronunciation in England. Dialect: A variant of a langue which

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    Rickie Haywood Williams are both from London‚ where they speak fluently posh English which is where KISS FM is aired‚ so people can relate to them. Their accent is of someone from South London‚ which they don’t use Standard English as much but their sociolect also fact points this. They use words like “What have you been up to?” or “I’m just saying!” is something which lots of Londoners will be familiar to hearing. Charlie is from Essex‚ which is just on the outskirts of London and is thought of as being

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    this scene was to show how helpless she was‚ as the camera looked down on her‚ this automatically gives the audience a perspective that she has less power than Moses and his friends. Then Moses and his gang go on to use a lot of slang in their sociolect to conversate with everyone throughout the film‚ this is done to show that they are not from a wealthy background and are in fact the lower class in society‚ this is also shown by the area they are in‚ for example they live in a run down estate.

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    variation in the pronunciation. One example is when Mark states: ‘Deaing’ for ‘doing’ in the Byker transcript. People tend to use their accent and dialect in their spoken language when talking to family and friends. This is often termed being in a sociolect. In addition‚ people also have their own idiolect. A person’s idiolect is a person’s own style of spoken language that can include their own use of grammar‚ pronunciation and vocabulary. In addition‚ idiolect can include language features‚ such as

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    in a good enough way. I have found that my idiolect varies when I am in different situations this may be due to the company that I am in. you tend to hear a change within my speech especially when in a sociolect group of friends‚ when I listened to a recording of my conversation in a sociolect group‚ I found it very hard to make into a transcript. I tended to use a lot of fillers to provide thinking time or to invite someone else to join in the discussion‚ I think the generally words I find I use

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