Sociolinguistics - Jargon etc

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SOSIOLINGUISTICS IN ESL CONTEXTS (BIL 3083) Lecturer: Mr . Nor Azman b. A.Aziz Prepared by: NOREHA BT. ALI (D20091034397) WAN NURFATIN SYARMEMY BT W.M. AZMUDDIN (D20091034408) ANIS ZULAIKHA BT BASRAH (D20091034413) ASMA AMIRA BT HAMZAH (D20091034422) SHIKNESVARY A/P KARUPPAIAH (D20091034433)

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SOSIOLINGUISTICS IN ESL CONTEXTS (BIL 3083)Lecturer: Mr . Nor Azman b. A.Aziz

Prepared by:

• NOREHA BT. ALI (D20091034397)• WAN NURFATIN SYARMEMY BT W.M. AZMUDDIN

(D20091034408)• ANIS ZULAIKHA BT BASRAH (D20091034413)• ASMA AMIRA BT HAMZAH (D20091034422)• SHIKNESVARY A/P KARUPPAIAH (D20091034433)

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CAUSES OF LANGUAGE

CHANGE

EXPRESSION OF NEW MEANING

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REGULARISATION

DESIRE FOR

NOVELTY

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EXPRESSION OF NEW MEANING

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Ideas That Evolve

New Things New Event

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Expression of New Meanings

A need to express new meanings in languages

http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/linguistics/change.jsp

‘’ English language evolves rapidly in just a few centuries ‘’

Speakers adopt new words, sentence structures and

sounds, spread them through the community and

transmit them to the next generation.

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NEW THINGS

• Differences between generations and the era • New technologies, industries, products and experiences simply require new words

Examples : Technology # PC – personal computer CPU – central processing unitsDisease # Bird flu AIDS

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NEW EVENT

• Common and spectacular events • Acknowledged by others

Examples :

SUMMIT # Meeting between heads of state

SUPERBOWL # Spectacular sports events

GRANDPRIX #

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IDEAS THAT EVOLVE

•Words for new ideas Examples : # Edutainment (education + entertainment)# Smog (smoke + fog ) # Sitcom ( situation + comedy )

• Adopted ideas from other societies along with words that name them

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Borrowed words - borrowed words soon to cease as borrowings once it becomes common in use.

Examples : # French words in use in English

# French words

Discotheque

Amateur Unique

Double Entendre

A la carte

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DESIRE FOR NOVELTY

Jargon Slang

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JARGON

• Special words and phrases which are used by particular groups of people, especially in

their work

• An outlandish, technical language of a particular profession, group, or trade

http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/1914-/language/jargon.htm

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LINGUISTIC ROLE OF JARGON

Examples

1. Medical profession :Agonal – used to describe a major negative

change in a person’s condition, usually preceding immediate death

2. Computer programmers:Bug- a mistake or problem in a computer

program

http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/1914-/language/jargon.htm

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JARGON

1. ARGOT 2. EUPHEMISM

3. IN-GROUP MARKERS

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SOCIAL ROLES OF JARGON

1. ARGOTWords and expressions which are used by small groups

of people and which are not easily understood by other people

A specialized vocabulary or set of idioms used by a particular social class or groups, especially one that

functions outside the law

Jargon may play the roll of an argot to keep others from understanding

http://grammar.about.com/od/ab/g/argoterm.htm

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SOCIAL ROLES OF JARGON

2. EUPHEMISM A word or phrase used to avoid saying unpleasant or

offensive word

Jargon may be intended to make objectionable meanings less objectionable

Examples: • senior citizen for old person• preowned car for used car

• pass away for die

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SOCIAL ROLES OF JARGON

3. IN-GROUP MARKERSEnabling members of the occupational

group to announce themselves as such, and to recognise each other by how they talk.

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If you are teachers…

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Slang

Specialized vocabulary of social groups

Alternative ways of saying things

Purposes of use: Getting attentionValue the cleverness/cuteness

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SLANG WORD REFERENCE TYPE OF SLANG

wheels car synecdoche

rad radical clipping

ID identification Acronym

LOL ? ?

BBM ? ?

Slang

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How do you ‘call’ your laptop?

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LAPPY!!!

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REGULARISATION

morphology

syntax

lexicon

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• Child learners favor the more regular form of words

• dreamt – dreamed, lit – lighted, fish – fishes• Adult too, cannot be expected to know their

language perfectly• They extend the general rule: strived, lighted (past participle)

morphology

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REGULARISATION IN THE LEXICON (Leveling)

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Regularisation

• Replacing irregular forms with regular ones.• E.g. (a) gooses instead of geese (b) cow/kine with cows• Erronous regularisation also known as

overregularisation.

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A. Leveling

• Lexicon - vocabulary • Loss of secondary form as a result

of extending productive rules.• Contrast between different form

are levelled

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Leveling

Basic form

• Wake• Strive • Sow

Irregular form & leveled form

• Woken Waked • Striven Strived • Sown Sowed

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B. Syntax

• Sentence structure a) Hopefully, the train will be on time.

b) They waited hopefully for the train. c) Hopefully, they waited for the train.

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