Language, the Social MirrorDiscusses the ways people use language in society with chapters on kinesics, dialect, and bilingualism. |
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... called " boy " regardless of age or color . Dogs are also called " boy , ” faithful servants that they are . The word boy refers to a faceless person who is there to carry out a function , but whom one otherwise barely notices . By ...
... called " boy " regardless of age or color . Dogs are also called " boy , ” faithful servants that they are . The word boy refers to a faceless person who is there to carry out a function , but whom one otherwise barely notices . By ...
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... called Dr. if they hold the Ph.D. At others , in a sort of reverse snobbism , Dr. is never used , and those with the degree are called Mr. , Mrs. , Miss , or Ms. Sometimes , in the unkindest cut of all , males with Ph.D.s are regularly ...
... called Dr. if they hold the Ph.D. At others , in a sort of reverse snobbism , Dr. is never used , and those with the degree are called Mr. , Mrs. , Miss , or Ms. Sometimes , in the unkindest cut of all , males with Ph.D.s are regularly ...
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... called a " professor . " The pupil is a " scholar , " and the speech the scholar learns is called a “ lesson . ” The professor not only writes the speeches and teaches elocution but stresses mental and verbal agility : being quick on ...
... called a " professor . " The pupil is a " scholar , " and the speech the scholar learns is called a “ lesson . ” The professor not only writes the speeches and teaches elocution but stresses mental and verbal agility : being quick on ...
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accent activity actually American American English answer asked attitudes baby behavior bilingual Black British called caller casual Chapter command considered context conversation culture dialect Diglossia discourse routines Eastern New England educated ethnic euphemisms example Fanshel feel female formal give grammar greeting Harvey Sacks hear hearer hypercorrection Indians instance investigation Italian jargon Jungle Jim kinesics Labov language linguistic male markers Martha's Vineyard meaning middle-class morphemes NNE speakers nonstandard nonstandard dialects noun one's person phatic pronounced pronunciation question r/-less regional response rhyme ritual insulting Robin Lakoff rules sentences sexual shows signal social class social group social interaction social situation society sociolinguistics someone sounds Spanish speak speech event status style stylistic taboo talk tape tell tense things toasts topic usually verb verbal vocabulary vowels White William Labov woman women words Yiddish York City