Unit 8 Social Meaning
Unit 8 Social Meaning
Social meaning is that which a piece of language conveys about the social circumstances of its use. In part, we decode the social meaning of a text through our recognition of different dimensions and levels of style within the same language
Social meaning is that which a piece of language conveys about the social circumstances of its use. In part, we decode the social meaning of a text through our recognition of different dimensions and levels of style within the same language
connotative affective associative meaning reflected socla collocative
connotative affective associative meaning reflected social collocative
We recognize some words or pronunciations as being dialectal, i.e as telling us something of the geographical or social origin of the speaker
We recognize some words or pronunciations as being dialectal, i.e. as telling us something of the geographical or social origin of the speaker
Other features of language tell us something of the social relationshi between the speaker and hearer: we have a scale of status usage. for example, descending from formal and literary English at one end to colloquial, familiar, and eventually slang english at the other
Other features of language tell us something of the social relationship between the speaker and hearer; we have a scale of status usage, for example, descending from formal and literary English at one end to colloquial, familiar, and eventually s l a n g E n g l i s h a t t h e o t h e r