Language in Society: Understanding Sociolects and Speech Patterns

Ilkhom Tukhtasinov, Sevara Ziyayeva, Dilrabo Bakhronova

2023

Abstract

The importance of communicative competence, especially sociolinguistic competence, has become increasingly prominent in foreign language teaching, driven by rapid advancements in information technology and significant changes in economic and everyday activities. This shift necessitates the incorporation of sociolinguistic factors in the speech behaviour of communicants. This article introduces a scientifically significant three-fold classification of a speech portrait, relevant both linguistically and in language teaching methodology. The classification encompasses: the extent of speech characteristics addressed by the subject; the typicality or atypicality of speech characteristics among specific speaker groups; and the level orientation of individual speech traits. Enhancing sociolinguistic competence in students learning foreign languages such as English, German, and Spanish requires the development and implementation of new educational and linguistic tasks. These tasks should focus on recognising sociolinguistic speech indicators and adapting speech behaviour to the social context, with social dialects or sociolects highlighting distinctive speech features like words, collocations, and syntactic constructions.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Tukhtasinov I., Ziyayeva S. and Bakhronova D. (2023). Language in Society: Understanding Sociolects and Speech Patterns. In Proceedings of the 2nd Pamir Transboundary Conference for Sustainable Societies - Volume 1: PAMIR-2; ISBN 978-989-758-723-8, SciTePress, pages 678-682. DOI: 10.5220/0012912300003882

in Bibtex Style

@conference{pamir-223,
author={Ilkhom Tukhtasinov and Sevara Ziyayeva and Dilrabo Bakhronova},
title={Language in Society: Understanding Sociolects and Speech Patterns},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd Pamir Transboundary Conference for Sustainable Societies - Volume 1: PAMIR-2},
year={2023},
pages={678-682},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012912300003882},
isbn={978-989-758-723-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd Pamir Transboundary Conference for Sustainable Societies - Volume 1: PAMIR-2
TI - Language in Society: Understanding Sociolects and Speech Patterns
SN - 978-989-758-723-8
AU - Tukhtasinov I.
AU - Ziyayeva S.
AU - Bakhronova D.
PY - 2023
SP - 678
EP - 682
DO - 10.5220/0012912300003882
PB - SciTePress