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A Sociolect That You Speak Case Study

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Homework #16
Provide two linguistic examples of a sociolect that you speak. Remember that sociolects are defined by pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary.
1) College student mom
I use vocabulary which relevant to college (fraternity, entrepreneurship, or major), or I ask questions or converse about topics that relevant to the relationship of son, mom and college, such as, 'did you eat lunch?’ ‘When you come home?’ ‘How was the lab?’ And ‘I miss you’.
2) Member in the Israeli community I think that in this case exists issues of vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation.
We translate from Hebrew to English or using Hebrew terms. The community members understand each other, even if they make English grammar mistakes or use phrases and vocabularies
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