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The Streams and Lines of Inter-Relatedness of Speech Communities

Authors: OKATA Gift

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: Iosr Journal Of Engineering (iosrjen)

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As a core concept in empirical linguistics, Speech Community isat the intersection of different views and definition which obviously negates the substantive definition of its scope. Using the theoretical concept of Gumperz and Labov and Kachru’s three circle model, the paper traces the streams and lines that define a speech community enlisting various notions on speech community and problems associated with them. Findings show thatspeech community is defined largely not by the homogeneity of the immediate language of interaction but by agreement in the use of linguistic elements, so much as by participation in a set of shared norms: these norms may be observed in overt types of evaluative behaviour, and by uniformity of abstract patterns of variation which are invariant in respect to particular levels of usage. The paper submits that the concept of speech communities extends from a group of people living in the same location that employ the same code, speak the same dialect or variety of language, to include very large scale communities such as entire nation states and the entire national or international community of language users.

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OKATA,G. . (0000). The Streams and Lines of Inter-Relatedness of Speech Communities, 7 (), 32-32.

OKATA,G. . "The Streams and Lines of Inter-Relatedness of Speech Communities" 7, no (), (0000): 32-32.

OKATA,G. and . (0000). The Streams and Lines of Inter-Relatedness of Speech Communities, 7 (), pp32-32.

OKATAG, . The Streams and Lines of Inter-Relatedness of Speech Communities. 0000, 7 ():32-32.

OKATA,Gift , . "The Streams and Lines of Inter-Relatedness of Speech Communities", 7 . (0000) : 32-32.

O.Gift , "The Streams and Lines of Inter-Relatedness of Speech Communities" vol.7, no., pp. 32-32, 0000.

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