This document discusses the relationship between language and society from the perspective of sociolinguistics. It notes that social factors like gender, age, social class, education, ethnicity, and style can influence the way people use language. For example, dropping [r] sounds may be considered low class in England but uneducated in the US, and different generations tend to speak differently. It also introduces concepts like dialects, registers, and jargon that vary based on social and situational factors.

1. Language, societ
y and culture.
Emilio Lara E.

2. Sociolinguistics
is
A branch of linguistics
deals
with
Language in a social context
elements
associated
Gender, age, social background, the
way native speakers and non-native
speakers use the language

3. Social class, education, social
SOCIAL DIALECT
background, age, gender…
Social class and education:
Dropping out of school/college influences the use of forms which
are not frequently used by those who go to college. On the contrary,
those who go through college successfully tend to use the oral
language better due to the time they spent on the written language.
In England, if you pronounce [r] in words you would be considered
a low class person whereas in USA not pronouncing [r] is considered
uneducated.
Another phenomenon worth noting is the dropping of the [h]
(which is made by uneducated speakers)

4. • Variation.
Age • Different generations speak differently.
• Men and women behave differently.
Gender • Different patterns of conversation.
*Mixed pairs • Women are more expressive than me.

5. ETHNIC BACKGROUND
Inmigrants Example
• Discrimination
and Isolation
•Black
cause lexical English
differences: “bad Vernacular
speech”
(USA)

6. Personal way of
speaking and using
DIALECT
the language when
communicating

7. • Variation of written/spoken
Style language according to the
communicative situation
• Level of formality according
Register to the situation
• Technical vocabulary
Jargon regarding a specific
profession