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[zepooka]

I haven't done one of these in a while... classes/professors!

Sociolinguistic Variation is my first class of the week. A basic definition: variations are the alternate linguistic forms of sounds, structures, meanings, and usage, which are gradually introduced or removed from language as dialects diverge and combine; this class analyzes the social

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[ziggysinamerica]

A basic definition: variations are the alternate linguistic forms of sounds, structures, meanings, and usage, which are gradually introduced or removed from language as dialects diverge and combine; this class analyzes the social implications/causes.

I totally get it because my boyfriend has been obsessed with such things lately. He got a slew of books on Proto-Indo-European for his birthday in July.

[rayneshadow]

Ethnography of Communication - I want this class. *envy*

[zepooka]

I'm about to go to Deaf Happy Hour for my observation... suspense! o__O