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1、TheReasonsofSocialVariation’sImportance『Abstract』:Theintricatesocialrelationshipleadallkindsofvariationinthelanguage,andproducemanyspeechvariation.Thespeechvariationhasagreateffectinhuman’ssocialactivites.Thispapermainlytalkaboutthefactorsofsocialvariationandwhyitisimportanttooursocialli
2、fe.『Keywords』:Language;Socialvariation;Speech;DifferenceⅠ.IntroductionLanguageisapurelyhumanandnon-instinctivemethodofcommunicatingideas,emotions,anddesiresbymeansofasystemofvoluntarilyproducedsymbols.Thesesymbolsare,inthefirstinstance,auditory;thuslanguageisprimarilyamatterofspeechasopp
3、oseto,say,signlanguage.——EdwardSapirSpeechhasallowedhumanbeingstodevelopinacompletelydifferentwayfromotheranimals.Languageisgenerallyconsideredtobeaformofcommunicationbetweenhumanbeings,whilethefacultyofspeechisconsideredtobeinherited,thesystemthatweuse,thespecificlanguage,isdeterminedby
4、thesocietyinwhichwegrowup,andbeingculturallytransmitted.Communicatingbyspeechrequirespeopletospeakorallyinordertoshowtherelationshipbetweenthem.Theformofspeechwillbeaffectedbygeography,socioeconomicstatus,ethnicity/race,age,occupation,religion,genderandsoon.Wemayspeaktoexpressouremotions
5、,feelings,withdifferentutterancetoreinforcearelationshipwithsomebody.Forexample,youwouldsay”Goodmorning,sir.”whenyouseeyourbossintheoffice,whileyouwhouldsay”Hey,man.”whenyoumeetyourbestfriendinthestreet.Ofcourse,youcanchoosethelatersentencedependingonthecloserelationshipwithyourboss.This
6、kindof”dialect”whichchangeafterthechangingofsocialfacts,called”socialvariation”.Therearemanyfactorsofthissocialvariation,sobeforestudythereasonsofsocialvariation’simportance,weshoulddiscussitsfactorsfirst.Ⅱ.DifiningThestandardlanguageOne’ssocialstandingishigher,then,heislesslikelytousear
7、egionaldialect,andheismorelikelytouseamorestandardisedvariety.Thisispartlyduetothegreatermobilityofthoseonthehighersociallevels;One’ssocialandgeographicalhorizonsarewider,then,morehisspeechandhischildrenwillloseregionalfeatures.Anothermajorfactoristheprestige,whichisassoc
