Key terms
Language
Language is a form of writing or spoken
language
utterance
Utterance is a block of one person talking
dialect
Dialect is people in certain area the way they
speak. Words said in one area that is different in
a different area
sosiolect
Sosiolect is the way you speak depending on
education and prestige or there standing in
society
idiolect
Idiolect is the words you personally use often
accent
Accent is the words that you say that are
pronounced different in different area
Standard British language (sbe)
Sbe is a certain rule e.g. I where going ,they was
out it should be I was going, they where out
Non standard British language (non
sbe)
Non sbe is what you speak with your friends e.g.
slang, dialect words and change of gframmer
fillers
Fillers help the brain to catch up e.g. erm, er and
um
Tag question
Tag questions are questions that end like init
and yes to get feed back
False start
False start- start a sentence and then start again
so they can say it simpler or reword it