Sociolinguistics

1.  What is the relationship between society and language?

The language is the way that the society use to communicate something.

2. If we talk about the same language, why do you think it varies from one place to another?

Because exists different cultures and different ways to teach and learn the same things.

3.  Besides the place, what other things do you think affects the way we speak?

The pronunciation is very important because the shape can be afect the real meaning, The accent because it depend on that we neutralized our accent, many people are misunderstood because of using words or expressions inappropriately. 

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4.  What is the difference between accent and dialect?

In linguistics, an accent depends mostly on pronunciation of specific words or phrases. An accent is the manner in which different people pronounce words differently from each other. A dialect is a variation in the language itself and not only in the pronunciation. Dialect is a type of language that is derived from a primary language.

5.  What information can you find about these terms:

 Covert Prestige:

A standard dialect speaker of English who intentionally switches to use of social markers such as ain't and he don't is said to seek covert prestige. 

 Overt Prestige:

Speakers of non-standard varieties who adopt [to some degree] the standard variety. 

Speaker is seeking to associate self with general prestigious dialect within a society

 Pidgin Language:

(origin in Engl. word `business'?) is nobody's native language; may arise when two speakers of different languages with no common language try to have a makeshift conversation. Lexicon usually comes from one language, structure often from the other. Because of colonialism, slavery etc. the prestige of Pidgin languages is very low. Many pidgins are `contact vernaculars', may only exist for one speech event.

 Creole Language:

(orig. person of European descent born and raised in a tropical colony) is a language that was originally a pidgin but has become nativized, i.e. a community of speakers claims it as their first language. Next used to designate the language(s) of people of Caribbean and African descent in colonial and ex-colonial countries (Jamaica, Haiti, Mauritius, Réunion, Hawaii, Pitcairn, etc.). 

 Discuss with a friend if you understood what these terms mean.