Speech Communities

GPTKB entity

Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Sociolinguistic concept
gptkbp:canBe Geographically defined
Socially defined
Virtually defined
gptkbp:contrastsWith Communities of practice
Speech networks
gptkbp:definedIn shared communicative practices
shared language or dialect
shared linguistic norms
gptkbp:example Ethnic groups
Online gaming groups
Professionals in a workplace
Teenagers in a city
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Speech Communities
gptkbp:importantFor Analyzing language attitudes
Language policy and planning
Studying language change
Understanding language norms
gptkbp:relatedTo Social identity
Language change
Group membership
Language variation
gptkbp:studiedIn Sociolinguistics
gptkbp:theorizedBy gptkb:William_Labov
gptkb:John_Gumperz
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Marcyliena_Morgan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7