2. BRAINSTORMING
1. What is the definition language and context ? According to
you!
2. What is language in social context?
3. How many context, style and class?
3. DEFINITION
• Language
- The method of human ommunication, either spoken or written,
consisting of the use of words in structured and conventional way.
- The system of communication used by a particular community or
country.
• Context
- The parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can
throw light on its meaning
- The interrelated conditions in which something exists or occurs
4. LANGUAGE IN SOCIAL CONTEXT
Introduction
A discussion of language in social context is focussed on a
language acquisition and language learning, significance of language
in a community, and relation of language and society. The language
acquisition is differentiated from the language learning. The former is
unconsciously conducted by a language user, whereas the latter is
consciously conducted by a language user. The significance of
language in a community is viewed from the viewpoint of its
importance in a community.
5. AGE OF ADDRESSE
People generally talk differently to children and
to adult – though some adjusts their speech style or
accomodate more than others. Many speakers also use
a different style in addressing elderly people, often
with features similar to those which characterise their
speech to children – a simpler range of vocabulary
and less complex grammar.
6. Social background of addressee
This is strong support for the view that the addressee or
audience is a very important influence on a speaker’s style. The
most convincing evidence of all comes from the behaviour of the
same newsreader on different stations. Where the stations share
studios, a person may read the same news on the two different
stations during the same day. In this situation newsreaders produce
consistently different styles for each audience. The news is the same
and the context is identical expect for one factor- the addressees.
7. Addressee as an influence on style
The better you know someone, the more casual and relaxed
the speech style you will use to them. People use considerably
more standard forms to those they don’t know well, and more
vernacular forms to their friends. The speaker’s relationship to
the addressee is crucial in determining the appropriate style of
speaking.
Example :
• Excuse me. Could I have a look at your photos too, Mrs.Hall?
• C’mon Tony, gizzalook, gizzalook
8. Context, style and class
• Formal context and social roles
Although a powerful influence on choice of style,
characteristic of addressee are not the only relevant factors.
• Example : a law court is a formal setting where the social roles
of participants override their personal relationship in
determaining the appropriate linguistics forms.
• People’s role in these formal context determine the appropriate
speech forms.
9. The interaction of socialclass and style
If a linguistics feature is found to accor frequently
in the speech of people from lower social group, it will be
in casual speech. In other words, the same linguistics
feature often distinguishes between speakers socially(inter-
speaker-variation), while within the speech of one person it
distinguish different styles(intra-speaker-variation).
10. REGISTER
• Register which is a particular variety that used for a
particular purpose. Register is not natural, but rather are
based on usage.
• Register is a depiction of variety of different language
according to the fomal and unformal situation,
profession and meaning of language.
