Socioeconomic Status and Language Variation: Definitions and Models, Quizzes of English Language

Download Socioeconomic Status and Language Variation: Definitions and Models and more Quizzes English Language in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 socioeconomic status DEFINITION 1 status determined on the basis of objective set of scores for factors such as occupation, income, and residency TERM 2 consensus model DEFINITION 2 approach to social class in which it is assumed that all groups in a society agree on norms of prestige and social ranking TERM 3 conflict model DEFINITION 3 model of social class in which differences are interpreted as consequences of divisions and conflicts within a society TERM 4 linguistic marketplace DEFINITION 4 aspects of socioeconomic realm that most directly relates to linguistic variation TERM 5 group-exclusive DEFINITION 5 with reference to language forms/patterns, confined to one group TERM 6 group-preferential DEFINITION 6 concentrated in a certain group but found to an extent in other groups TERM 7 inherent variability DEFINITION 7 variability between items within a single dialect system drinking or drinkin' TERM 8 constraints on variability DEFINITION 8 linguistic or social factor that increases/decreases likelihood that a given variant in a fluctuating set of items will occur TERM 9 gradient stratification DEFINITION 9 distribution of socially significant linguistic structures among members of different social groups along a continuous scale rather than on basis of discrete breaks between adjacent social groups TERM 10 linguistic constraint DEFINITION 10 linguistic factor (environment or structural composition) which systematically affects variability of fluctuating forms