– For example, a society's kinship system is generally reflected in its kinship vocabulary. 2
• The social environment can also be reflected in language, and can often have an effect on the structure and the vocabulary.
• 普通话的定义:
– 以北京语音为标准音 , 以北方话为基础方
言 , 以典范的现代白话文著作为语法规范
的现代汉民族共同语。
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• Halliday: Register
– L varies as its function varies; it differs in different situations.
– EE: Estuary English, commonly used by educated people in the region around London. Less rigid than RP but more standard than Cockney.
– Cockney: lower class dialect of East London, considered non-standard by educated people.
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• In Britain, accent = marker of status
– RP: a non-localized form of pronunciation, refers to the particular way of pronouncing standard English, an indicator of a public school education and thus a high social status on the part of the speaker.