Speech Community Theory

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf linguistic theory
gptkbp:contrastsWith individual linguistic competence
gptkbp:criticizedFor ambiguity in defining community
overemphasis on homogeneity
gptkbp:describes shared linguistic norms
social boundaries in language use
gptkbp:emphasizes variation in language
gptkbp:field sociolinguistics
gptkbp:focusesOn speech communities
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Speech Community Theory
gptkbp:influencedBy structural linguistics
anthropological linguistics
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:William_Labov
gptkb:John_Gumperz
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Language_in_Society
gptkb:Sociolinguistics:_An_Introduction_to_Language_and_Society
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:language_ideology
community of practice
gptkbp:usedIn dialectology
language contact research
language variation studies
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Language_and_Social_Identity
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7