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Language Variation

Assalamu'alaikum wr. wb Bismillah !!! Today, I want to post about Language Variation. Let's ceck it out. Please give comments and suggestions. Language is one tool to communicate with each other. Around the world people use language. Different factors affect how a language is spoken within a country. Its can be regional (geographical), ethnic (National and racial), and social (class, age, gender, socioeconomic status and education). All the factors are interconnected. Between speakers of any language there is variation in the way that they use their language. Variation demonstated in terms of sound (phonetics) and structure (grammar).  There are some language variation, namely: a. Jargon.  b. Idiolects c. Slang d. Dialects e. Euphemism f. Languages g. Register h. Accent i. Standard Variety Thank you for reading, see you soon ^^

Speech Communities

Bismillah. Assalamu'alaikum wr wb.   Characteristics of speech communities, namely : (-) group differentiation from others speakers. For instance social, cultural, ethnic. (-) communities are defined with the relationship with other communities. Insersecting Communities Each person speaks their own "typical" way according to its place of origin or specific speech community. Rosen claims that cities cannot be thought of as  a linguistic patchwork maps, ghetto after ghetto because: Questions: 1. Is slang American include in speech communities? 2. Is it suitable for us that using one speech that used in other community? 3. Why speech communities exist? 4. Is speech community same with social dialect? 5. What is benefit for members in speech communities? Answers: 1. Yes, slang include in speech communities, because slang is used in one group. Firstly, slang used in USA, black skin (Negro/orang berkulit hitam).  2. Yes it is, but must be carefu

Code Mixing and Code Switching

Assalamu'alaikum wr. wb Bismillah. Well, I wanna post what code mixing dan code switching is, and some questions that we discussed in classroom. A. Code Mixing Is is the mixing of two or more languages or language varieties in speech. B. Code Switching When a speaker alternates between two or more languages, or language varietis, in the context of a single conversation is meaning of code switching . C. Questions 1. What is the benefit we learn code mixing and code switching? 2. Is this study flexible to use in all situation and wherever we are? 3. Differences English and Arabic code mixing! D. Answers 1. We know the technique how to mix and switch language. 2. Yes, it is 3. Different from structure and rule create the code mixing. In English we are easy  to mix between English and other language because it used arround the world and as international language. For Arabic maybe harder than before, because some people can speak Arabic. Thank you for reading. Se

UTS of Sociolinguistics Course

 Assalamu'alaikum wr. wb hai hai ketemu lagi dengan minmin. Kali ini aku mau nge post soal dan jawaban UTS smtr 5 di kampus aku (matkul Sociolinguistics). Let's ceck it out!  Answer sheet! Name              : Sit Rafiah. MH NIM/Class       : 1588203033/V.A What is Sociolinguistics? Sociolinguistics is one of branches of applied linguistics. This study   between socio and linguistics.   In An Introduction to Sociolinguistics (2013), Rubén Chacón-Beltrán observes that in sociolinguistics "the stress is placed on language and its role within communication. Sociology of language, however, centers on the study of society and how we can understand it through the study of language." Sociolinguistics is the study of language in its social context. This means that we use language to socially define and express who we are, where we come from, and who we associate with. It is amazing to see how often we judge someone’s character b