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Sociolect - Diversity part 2.

Medium Periodical Article
Medium - part of - (Periodical Copy) (Date) Sep2018 (Volume) 81
Medium (Periodical) E Magazine: the A-level English magazine.
Classif 820 EMA
Subject English literature and language
Page 33 - 35
Authors Clayton, Dan
Contents

In an earlier edition (emagazine 80) the author looked at ways to start investigating language diversity, beginning with a focus on accent and dialect. In this second article, he considers sociolect and the overlaps between the ways we use language in the groups we belong to and the identities we want to perform.

Keywords
Jargon     Metaphors     Slang