TV MAKES

PEOPLE SOUND

THE SAME

J.K. Chambers.

Sociolinguistics have asked

themselves about linguistic

changes in speech communities.

dive /daɪv/- dove /dov/

SOME SOCIOLINGUISTS AN

OTHERS …

…Argue that linguistic changes are caused by mass media .

THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT

Mass media

Playing a role in the spread of vocabulary

items.

Lg. changes. Sound changes.

Have not influence in

Grammatical changes.

TV MEDIA DOESN’T PRODUCE

LINGUISTICS CHANGES

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Mass media give us diffuses

Ephemeral/ the

moment.

1.We knowthat regional dialectscontinuediverge fromstantarddialectsdespite theexposure of speakers of those dialectsto TV radio movies…

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2.There is evidence that states that mass media cannot provide the stimulus of language acquisition .

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3.Language changes comes from instances of global language changes.

Yes or no question.

Its pragmatics are clear:

Hello. I´m a student in yourphonetics tutorial?

REFERENCES

M. Montgomery NWAVE XXV (Philadelphia : University of

Pennsylvania Press,1986.

J.K.. Chambers, Myth15, pag. 123:131

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