sociolinguistics

1. Anie Tulisya Ningrum
Agus Abdul Luthfi
Bayu Nuryani
Mila istina
Titin
Zakiatul MUnawwaroh

2.  DEFINITION OF LANGUAGE CHANGE
 The phenomenon by which permanent alterations are
made in the features and the use of a language
overtime.
 All natural languages change, and language change
affects all areas of language use.

3. VARIATION AND CHANGE
 Language varies in three major ways which are
interestingly interrelated –overtime, in physical space
and socially. The source of change overtime is always
current variation. So the regional and social variants
described in the previous three chapters provide the
basis for language change overtime.

4. POST VOCALIC (r)
Accent of Post Vocalic are called rhotic. In large areas of
England rhotic english accents are regarded as rural and
Uneducated. In large part of America, on the other hand
Post vocalic is alive and well and exstensively used.

5. The spread of Vernacular form
 Its easy to understand that a pronunciation which is
considered prestigious will ne imitated and will spread
through a community. There are many examples of
vernacular pronunciations which have spread throught
speech communities. Its possible for changes to
proceed from a variety of starting points in a variety of
direction.

6. How do changes spread ?
It’s changes defined by 3 part :
1. From group to group
2.From style to style
3.From word to word

7. How do we study language change
Example :
I discovered one day that my 11 year old, David did know
What the word wireless meant . Neither did his friends.
On the other hand my great grand mother never heard
The word radio, and while my grandmother knew what
A radio was, she considered the term new fangled. My
Mother used both wireless and radio to refer to the same
Object and though I understand both terms I have always
Used radio for preference.

8. REASON FOR LANGUAGE CHANGE
1. Social status and change
2. Gender and language change

9. INTERACTION AND LANGUAGE
CHANGE
 Interaction and contact between people is crucial in
providing the channels for linguistic change , as
previous example have implied. Linguistic change
generally progresses most slowly in tightly knit
communities which have little contact with the
outside world.