The aim of this thesis is to demonstrate how the language people speak can be affected by social factors. Therefore, I will conduct my analysis with the support of the urban dialectology discipline, which concentrates on the relationship between language and different social features, referring in particular to Peter Trudgill and William Labov's studies. More specifically, I will start my investigation by introducing the topic to you, urban dialectology, which differs from traditional dialectology focused on language and geography and the spatial differentiation of language. I will then continue my analysis by considering two relationships in particular: language and social class and language and sex differentiation. The intention is to explain how these relationships between language and social factors can be possible by means of some studies carried out and, therefore, by providing you with the data gathered. I will conclude my analysis by summarizing and highlighting the main findings of my investigation and by claiming which my considerations about them are.

Urban dialectology: when social status and gender difference influence the language.

BAROLO, LISA
2021/2022

Abstract

The aim of this thesis is to demonstrate how the language people speak can be affected by social factors. Therefore, I will conduct my analysis with the support of the urban dialectology discipline, which concentrates on the relationship between language and different social features, referring in particular to Peter Trudgill and William Labov's studies. More specifically, I will start my investigation by introducing the topic to you, urban dialectology, which differs from traditional dialectology focused on language and geography and the spatial differentiation of language. I will then continue my analysis by considering two relationships in particular: language and social class and language and sex differentiation. The intention is to explain how these relationships between language and social factors can be possible by means of some studies carried out and, therefore, by providing you with the data gathered. I will conclude my analysis by summarizing and highlighting the main findings of my investigation and by claiming which my considerations about them are.
2021
Urban dialectology: when social status and gender difference influence the language.
Sociolinguistics
Urban dialectology
Social Status
Gender difference
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