Sociolinguistics
Review
ØWith book:
ØBe able to identify
myths about language variation from a descriptive point of view (not prescriptive) e.g.: Some dialects are more grammatical than others
ØBe able to provide
examples of linguistic variation (based on region, class, sex, race, age, etc) and to identify what type of linguistic
variation it is (lexical, syntactic,
phonological, etc) – Use Do You Speak American for examples
ØBe able to answer True/False statements about the
chapter