Hallo
good reader, welcome back to my blog!. Ok, now I want to share our new course
called Sociolinguistics with the
topic Introduction to Sociolinguistics. This
topic presented by Asri Laraswati, Shela Safhira, and TM.Ridhani. this post
will share my conclusion with some of questions and answers from my friends,
when this topic is presented. Ok fix, let us play!
Sociolinguistics
is
the study of the relationship between language and society. It concerned with
the difference language used in different social context. Also, investigating
how people used language and how
language is work in different region/area.
Questions
1.
Siti
Rafiah: Why dialect and accent are included into sociolinguistics?
Answer: sociolinguistics is the study of the
relationship between language and society. Different region/area will show different
manner of speaking. Example : Minangnese and Javanese have different manner of
speaking.
2.
Hotdiana
Pasaribu: The example of sociolinguistics and sociology of language?
Answer: Sociolinguistics
is the usual language that we use in everyday. Example: ayo jalan-jalan!
Sociology of
language: is effect from using the language itself in society. Example:
jenjalan yuksss! (presenter)
3.
Febti
Mahani Batubara: What is the difference between dialect an accent ?
Answer: accent and dialect is the manner of
speaking. But dialect larger than accent. Accent explain about the language
used in region, community and the language used informal. For example:
penggunaan bahasa orang didesa lebih
sopan daripada dikota. Dialect is used in education,
politic, business area and the language used formal. (presenter)
Conclusion
Sociolinguistics
is variations of language in geographically/region.
