Questões de sociolinguistica do inglês - fichamentos

UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO
FACULDADE DE FILOSOFIA, LETRAS E CIÊNCIAS HUMANAS

DEPARTAMENTO DE LETRAS MODERNAS
DISCIPLINA: QUESTÕES DE SOCIOLINGUÍSTICA DO INGLÊS

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TEXT: REALITY AND LANGUAGE CONSTRUCTS
BY LACHMAN M. KHUBCHANDANI (REVISUALIZING BOUNDARIES – A PLURILINGUAL ETHOS)

Verbal Repertoire presents variation, in plurilingualism or monolingualism. Some varieties of speech: native speech, mother tongue, dialect, register, standard language, intergroup language, language for wider communication, pidgin and patois.
A language has three functions: express creativity, characterize cultural identity and serve as a medium of communication.
It’s necessary to reinforce that “different languages have different functions and domains – interpersonal, societal, aesthetic and political”.
Linguistic heterogeneity can be considered a problem from the social point of view, because minor languages and dialects cannot be respected as they deserve to be, and the people who speak these languages can suffer whit prejudice.
Table 1.1 – Speech as Living Phenomena
Speech Process X Normative Entity 1. Communication device Heterogeneity | Homogeneity | Non-autonomous device (depend of context) Focus on communicationDiscourse centres around the event | Autonomous and unambiguousFocus on standardization (grammar rules)Concentrates on the expression |

2. Strategy of control Implicit identity pressuresRegulated by ‘situation-bound’ proprietyAllows inherited variations | Explicitly defined value systemConditioned by ‘tradition-spired’ profilesBenefit the elitist standard variety | 3. Total Repertoire Malleable repertoireFunctional fluidity and creativityFuzzy speech boundaries | Normative systemRestriction for spontaneitySharp language boundaries |

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