idiolect
Louise Bassenger 9C
How do I adapt my dialect to certain situations?
For a while, I have been studying my speech syntax. I have noticed that in certain situations, my idiolect adapts and alters slightly. There are many words that I frequently use and others that tend to appear in certain conversations, but disappear in others. I have an accent which is a mix between Kent and Essex, as I moved from Essex to Kent, and - from my sociolect - have picked up the Kentish accent in addition to my previous Essex one. This also means that I have picked up words from both areas, however the media is also a large influence on me and how I talk to my group of friends compared with the way I would speak to someone older, such as a teacher.
When I am in conversations with my group of friends, I tend to use different words, such as 'ratchet' – meaning ugly or unattractive, which originated from American slang. Another word we use is 'Swag' which means something along the lines of good and cool, but I think it's a word we use to fit in and none of us are entirely sure what it means. These words are usually from the media, but occasionally I am not sure where the come from. I also use words such as 'legend' to describe someone that has done something a little out of the ordinary. Or I use 'emo' to describe someone whose been sad for a while, an 'emo phase'. When speaking with my friends, I become lazy and don't think fast enough, forcing me to use sentence fillers such as 'like' and 'basically'. I also use abbreviations such as 'dunno' instead of the more formal 'I don't know.” or even words such as 'YOLO' – meaning you only live once – when performing a stupid act, which is abbreviated dramatically. However, when I speak to a person of advanced years, such as a friend of my parents, I would use much more advanced terminology and pronounciate my words in order to sound more formal and more intelligent than I would with a friend of my own. I do this to give good impressions of
How do I adapt my dialect to certain situations?
For a while, I have been studying my speech syntax. I have noticed that in certain situations, my idiolect adapts and alters slightly. There are many words that I frequently use and others that tend to appear in certain conversations, but disappear in others. I have an accent which is a mix between Kent and Essex, as I moved from Essex to Kent, and - from my sociolect - have picked up the Kentish accent in addition to my previous Essex one. This also means that I have picked up words from both areas, however the media is also a large influence on me and how I talk to my group of friends compared with the way I would speak to someone older, such as a teacher.
When I am in conversations with my group of friends, I tend to use different words, such as 'ratchet' – meaning ugly or unattractive, which originated from American slang. Another word we use is 'Swag' which means something along the lines of good and cool, but I think it's a word we use to fit in and none of us are entirely sure what it means. These words are usually from the media, but occasionally I am not sure where the come from. I also use words such as 'legend' to describe someone that has done something a little out of the ordinary. Or I use 'emo' to describe someone whose been sad for a while, an 'emo phase'. When speaking with my friends, I become lazy and don't think fast enough, forcing me to use sentence fillers such as 'like' and 'basically'. I also use abbreviations such as 'dunno' instead of the more formal 'I don't know.” or even words such as 'YOLO' – meaning you only live once – when performing a stupid act, which is abbreviated dramatically. However, when I speak to a person of advanced years, such as a friend of my parents, I would use much more advanced terminology and pronounciate my words in order to sound more formal and more intelligent than I would with a friend of my own. I do this to give good impressions of