1. A speech community is a group of speakers who share a language and patterns of
language use. Members of the community speak more often with each other than they
do with members outside the community. we require a particular definition of a
group. The speech community is the type of group that sociolinguists have
typically aimed to establish. 3
Some linguists have proposed the possibility of a "ideal" speech community for
purely theoretical reasons may also belong to other groups and may or may not
even meet face-to-face. Chomsky's "totally identical speech-community" is
exactly what he promotes. It's a theoretical concept with a specific application.
Whatever our speech communities are, they take place in the actual world. .4
A language has more power than any of its dialects. The standard is the most
powerful dialect but it has become so because of non-linguistic factors.
the term dialect, particularly when it is used in reference to regional variation, should
not be confused with the term accent. (5)
A monolingual speech community describes a group of people in which only one
language is used by the vast majority of group members. In that sense, Bangladesh is a
monolingual speech community. Bcz In Bangladesh, each dialects is treated with
respect as most of the people in certain regions use their inherent dialects to do
business, do social work and multiple activities. (5).
2. Community of practice:
When a Bengali people speak their language, they speak in their regional
touch in their speak. It depends on the speaker’s background. If the
speaker is highly educated, is contextualized around Dhaka then their
daily conversation will follow standard bangla. But if go further from
Dhaka, where the accent, the dialect is much different from the main
Dhaka city, such as: Saver, Gazipur, Narayanganj etc. If the person
works under a highly renowned company, office, place or in a
government job then in all formal context, he will surlily use standard
bangla. Sometimes practice may define the community where
sometimes community determines the practice. So, in all formal
context in Bangladesh, People use standard Bangla. In the other hand,
standard Bangla does not belong to any region or place. It is pure,
standard and free from any regional touch. 6
