INFOGRAPHIC LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND SOCIETY SOCIAL CLASS How do we identify someone´s social class? Is to define an individual Based on their: personal style or a group´s standard Behaviour, Language use, of living and life Car, house, neighbourhood...
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INFOGRAPHIC LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND SOCIETY SOCIAL CLASS How do we identify someone´s social class? Is to define an individual Based on their: personal style or a group´s standard Behaviour, Language use, of living and life Car, house, neighbourhood prospects. A person´s family name can determine their social class! Ascribed status vs achieved status Language and social class Ascribed status: is In multilingual societies, assigned involuntarily as members of differing social birth or later in life. classes might choose to speak Achieved status: is earned different languages. throuhg hard work. French use in Europe (aristocracy) The UK is a hierarchial English use in India ( higher society with a lot of social classes) ascribed status base don family name. Language use and Social Class concepts STYLE REGISTER Based in context or how we Shortcut’s developed by a group of want to be perceived. people to communicate effectively. Formal: perceived as being STATIC “the standard”, upper class.
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