1. Nama Silvia Umrotun Nafiah
NIM A320170232
Kelas F
1. What are meant by sociolinguists?
a. People who study the relationship between language and society
b. People who study community relations and narratives
c. People who study the relationship between the two parties
d. People who study something that doesn't yet exist
2. What is meant by linguist in the word sociolinguists?
a. surgeon
b. teacher
c. expert
d. magician
1) Why is language and society not society and language?
Because we focus on language and we learn languages while sociologists don't
learn language.
2) Example 1
Ray : Hi mum.
Mum : Hi. You’re late.
Ray : Yeah, that bastard Sootbucket kept us in again.
Mum : Nana’s here.
Ray : Oh sorry. Where is she?
Example 2
Ray : Good afternoon, sir.
Principal : What are you doing here at this time?
Ray : Mr Sutton kept us in, sir.
From the dialog above we can see that The way people talk is influenced by?
The social context in which they are talking.
