Social Function of Language

Refers to the way we relate language to our relationships with other people.

• Language

• Social Function of Language

• Social Function

• Life is suffering

A social construction that indicates identification with a particular group which is often descended from common ancestors.

• Variety

• Multilingualism

• Ethnicity

• Electricity

A product of the individual's geographical and class origin.

• Monologue

• Sociolect

• Ethnicity

• Dialect

Defined as the configuration of semantic resources that the member of culture typically associates with a situation type.

• Language

• Registers

• Sociolinguistic

• Semantics

Written or oral acts that never change.

• Elsa

• Frozen

• Casual

• Intimate

Serious type of register.

• Informal

• State of the Nation Address

• Formal

• Intimate

Consulting your professor for your research paper.

• Consultative

• Formal

• Casual

• Intimate

Often used in conversation with friends, colleagues, and teammates.

• Language

• Casual Register

• Intimate Register

• Sarcasm

Multilingual speakers have acquired and maintained at least one language during childhood

• Mother tongue

• Dialect

• Communication

• Polygots

A person who can speak multiple languages is known as a _____.

• Multilingualism

• Smart person

• Polyglot or multilingual

• Socialistic