Sociolinguistics (and the basics of language attitudes)

Learn what sociolinguistics is and some of the language-related phenomena sociolinguists study. It includes a discussion of how language and language varieties trigger language attitudes and stereotyped perceptions of linguistic groups.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 - Introduction
01:24 - Definition of sociolinguistics and example
01:56 - "You" and how English reflect social norms
02:54 - Social norms and the imperative verb form
03:49 - Linguistic devices reflecting social norms
04:42 - Social norms and the social, cultural context
05:13 - Language variation
06:26 - Language variation as markers of group membership
08:58 - Language change as a natural process
09:37 - Language attitudes
11:24 - Perceptions of prestige and non-prestige language varieties
13:03 - The power of stereotypical perceptions
13:42 - Dispelling stereotypical perceptions

FURTHER READING

Feifer, Jason (2018). “Why Older People Have Always Trashed Young People.” Medium.   / why-older-people-have-always-trashed-young...  

Jacks, Joel (2014). “I might could.” Jacks Joel YouTube Channel.    • Might Could  

Matt, Jacson (2019). “Texan Accent Voted Sexiest in the Nation.” NBCDFW. https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Tex...

North American English Dialects, Based on Pronunciation Patterns. https://aschmann.net/AmEng/ (This is a “messy” website, but it has a wealth of information about North American English dialects.)

Wolfram, Walter. “Sociolinguistics.” Linguistic Society of America https://www.linguisticsociety.org/res...

Quarts. “The great American word mapper.” https://qz.com/862325/the-great-ameri... (This allows you to select words and see where people use them the most frequently. Although the data were collected on frequency of use on Twitter, it is interesting for illustration purposes.)


VIDEO CREDITS

Case Western Reserve University (2019). “Power of Diversity Lecture Series: Socially-Just Anti-Oppressive and Woke!”    • Power of Diversity Lecture Series: Sociall...  

East Carolina University (2017). “ECU College of Business Cunanan Lecture Series: James Morgan.”    • ECU College of Business Cunanan Lecture Se...  

Gary Shteyngart (2012). “Super Sad True Love Story” | Talks at Google.    • Super Sad True Love Story | Gary Shteyngar...  

Statt, Nick (2018). “How Fortnite is transforming the gaming industry.” The Verge.    • How Fortnite is transforming the gaming in...  


PHOTO CREDITS

“Man Sitting on Black Leather Padded Chair” by Jason Appleton on Pexels


MUSIC

“And Then We Take Them Down Again” by DoKashiteru (feat. Susan Joseph)

“Readers! Do you Read?” in Reappear by Chris Zabriskie

“Stress Release” by Max James    • Max James – Stress Release [Lo-Fi] 🎵 from ...  

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