Language in Society

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Language in Society
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idiolect dialect language
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• Current Dialect
• Research
• Ant/Aunt Dialect Map
• Crayon/Crown Dialect Map
• Pop vs. Soda Study
• Pop/Soda Dialect Map

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Slang
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Slang
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Jargon or Argot
address harvester CEO around the horn
hack mode MISPER Alpha Roster
benchmark
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Jargon or Argot
address harvester CEO around the horn
hack mode MISPER Alpha Roster benchmark
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Speaking of jargon
SAE
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Speaking of jargon SAE AAE
L/R /- Be
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Speaking of jargon SAE AAE
L/R /- Be ChE ch/sh
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• Pidgins
• Simplified and varied grammar
• that allows rapid learning
• Combine a lexifier language
• with other language(s) using
• the lexical items and grammar
• of both
• Die out when speakers learn
• the primary language

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• Creoles
• Advanced pidgin developed
• by children
• May continue to develop over
• several generations
• Hatian Creole, Gullah, Tok
• pisin

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Fun with language
Latin
Cockney Rhyming Slang