According to Your Textbook, a Particular Language Variation Is Associated

question 52

Essay

According to your textbook, a particular language variation is associated with wealth, success, education, and power. These language variations with elevated status are known as prestige languages. Using the concepts of cultural capital and prestige language, discuss two examples of how nonstandard variations of languages can be linked to particular positions with a culture. How are linguistic standards established or reinforced? Explain why it has been said that a dialect is a language without a navy or an army.

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Definitions:

Normative Social Influence

The influence of other people that leads us to conform in order to be liked and accepted by them, resulting in social harmony and cohesion.

Informational Influence

The effect on an individual's behavior or attitudes caused by the desire to be correct and to understand the proper way to act in a given situation.

Informational Influence

A form of social influence wherein individuals change their opinions or behaviors in response to receiving new information or observing others.

Normative Influence

The process of using others to determine how to fit in.