PPT-An Introduction to sociolinguistics

Holmes 2008 Linguistic varieties and multilingual nations as discussed by Janet Holmes Presented by Kaan Ustun Kento Ota Lee Anne Unciano. Podesva Georgetown University Washington DC Although the field of sociolinguistics has witnessed a growing interest in the sociophonetic aspects of segmental and intonational variation few studies have examined variation in voice quality This paper Today
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The study of the relationship between language and society, Introduction:Introduction: Introduction:Introduction:A hard concept to sellA hard concept to sell Making sure the combat doesn Toponyms.  . John C. Maher. International Christian University, Tokyo.  . Place-names signify the . continuity. of communities. They evoke . intimacy. , . nostalgia. , personal history and . identity. Issues in sociolinguistics. Sociolinguistics is a field work-based discipline.. Researchers collect examples of language usage in their naturally occurring environment and study them in relation to the findings of other sociolinguists research work. There is not intuitive conclusion . . Peter L Patrick Language Ideology Autumn 20 14 1 Language ideology Language attitudes as we have described them so far are fairly specific, low - levelA‘states’AImentalist)AorA‘re Welcome to the postgraduate Sociolinguistics course 2015. COURSE . DESCRIPTION. Sociolinguistics is concerned with the investigation of the relationships between linguistic phenomena and human social organization and social life. This course focuses on the central theoretical approaches to the study of language and society that have developed over the last five decades: . Sociophonetics. : An Introduction. Chapter 1: Introduction. The International Phonetic Alphabet. This is the latest version of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). It was developed beginning in 1886 as a way of representing the sounds of any language. It’s been used ever since for auditory (impressionistic) transcription. Dialectologists and sociolinguists have relied heavily on it.. Stella. . Mikhailova . TAL-12. Famous sociolinguists:. Louis . Gauchat.  . Thomas . Callan. . Hodson.  . William . Labov.  . Basil Bernstein  . L.P. . Yakubinsky. V.V. . Vinogradov. B.A. . Larin. , . M.Ling. Anisa.larassati@dsn.dinus.ac.id. 08112991777. Introduction. 1. st. week. What is sociolinguistics?. Is it about how individual speakers use language?. Is it about how people use language differently in different towns or regions?. What use is it to educators?. Fiona Willans. fiona.willans@usp.ac.fj. . Outline. Vanuatu – a context for multilingual education. A quick sketch of the ‘multilingual turn’ in Sociolinguistics and what this . Antibiotics will soon no longer be able to cure common illnesses such as strep throat, sinusitis and middle ear infections as they have done for the last 60 years. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are increasing at a much faster rate than new antibiotics to treat them are being developed. The prescription of antibiotics for viral illnesses is a key cause of increasing bacterial resistance. Despite this fact, many children continue to receive antibiotics unnecessarily for the treatment of viral upper respiratory tract infections. Why do American physicians continue to prescribe inappropriately given the high social stakes of this action? The answer appears to lie in the fundamentally social nature of medical practice: physicians do not prescribe as the result of a clinical algorithm but prescribe in the context of a conversation with a parent and a child. Thus, physicians have a classic social dilemma which pits individual parents and children against a greater social good.This book examines parent-physician conversations in detail, showing how parents put pressure on doctors in largely covert ways, for instance in specific communication practices for explaining why they have brought their child to the doctor or answering a history-taking question. This book also shows how physicians yield to this seemingly subtle pressure evidencing that apparently small differences in wording have important consequences for diagnosis and treatment recommendations. Following parents use of these interactional practices, physicians are more likely to make concessions, alter their diagnosis or alter their treatment recommendation. This book also shows how small changes in the way physicians present their findings and recommendations can decrease parent pressure for antibiotics. This book carefully documents the important and observable link between micro social interaction and macro public health domains. PHTLS: Soporte Vital de Trauma Prehospitalario, octava edicion, es el siguiente paso en la evolucion del principal programa educativo de Trauma Prehospitalario. Durante tres decadas, el PHTLS ha mejorado la calidad del cuidado del paciente traumatizado y ha salvado vidas. La octava edicion del PHTLS continua con la mision de promover la excelencia en el manejo del paciente traumatizado en todos los proveedores involucrados en el cuidado prehospitalario por medio de una educacion global.Este programa legendario fue desarrollado a principios de la decada de los ochenta del siglo pasado por la Asociacion Nacional de Tecnicos en Urgencias Medicas (Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, NAEMT), con la cooperacion del Comite para el Trauma del Colegio Americano de Cirujanos (American College of Surgeons Commitee on Trauma, ACS-COT). El contenido medico se revisa y actualiza de manera continua para que refl eje lo ultimo y lo mas actualizado del conocimiento y la practica. El PHTLS promueve el pensamiento critico como la base para proporcionar un cuidado de calidad. Se fundamenta en la creencia de que los practicantes de los servicios medicos de urgencia toman las mejoresdecisiones en benefi cio de sus pacientes cuando se les da una buena base de conocimiento y principios clave. La octava edicion de PHTLS presenta un nuevo capitulo, Fisiologia de la vida y la muerte, que crea un entendimiento solido de la fi siologia de la vida y de la fi siopatologia que puede llevar a la muerte. Ese entendimiento es esencial para el proveedor del cuidado prehospitalario para que pueda tratar las anormalidades rapidamente, en caso de encontrarlas en el paciente traumatizado.Para ordenar estos titulos en Mexico, favor de llamar al: 01 800 134 6720. Para ordenar en America Central y del Sur, favor de comunicarse con Intersistemas al 011800 134 6720 o visitar: www.rcp-dinsamex.com.mx.
Nancy Ainsworth-Vaughn studied stories, topic control, true questions, and rhetorical questions in 101 medical encounters in US private-practice settings. In exceptionally lucid and accessible style, Ainsworth-Vaughn explains how power was claimed by and co-constructed for both patients and doctors (previous studies have focused upon doctors\' power). The discourse varied along a continuum from interview-like talk to conversational talk. Six chapters are organized around data and include extended examples of actual talk in detailed transcription four of these data-oriented chapters focus upon dynamic, moment-to-moment use of speech activities in emerging discourse, such as doctors\' and patients\' stories that co-constructed selves, and a patient\'s sexual rhetorical questions. Two more chapters offer non-statistical quantitative data on the frequency of questioning and sudden topic changes in relation to gender, diagnosis, and other factors. Contributing to discourse theory, Ainsworth-Vaughn significantly modifies previous definitions for topic transitions and rhetorical questions and discovers the role of storytelling in diagnosis. The final chapter provides implications for physicians and medical educators. Edited by. Peter . Trudgill. . Prepared by . Assist. . Prof.Dr. . Farah Abdul-Jabbar . 3. The relationship between. language and sex in English. Jenny Cheshire. Many sociolinguistic studies have shown how social divisions between speakers, such as age, socio-economic class or sex, are reflected in their language..