7
you
a
conversation between a
male
terna!le
in
""1'""
the
male
re!Ja!i(;ns!llip
is?
mdred,
has
re'v !!ei what kind
of relationship
betw<:en them. The word
honey,
gest:lre,
mimic etc, has
invoked to
our
that they
do
share
to
Ray
:Hi
mum
other.
Example
2
is taken from Holmes (2001:1}
Ray
:Yeah,
bru;tarct
Sootbucket
kept us in again
Ra.y
:
Oh sorry. Wl:te -e is she?
From
the
alxwe
eX!i;,'TijJie,
\ve
C!lll
assu;ne that Ray
would rel';jXJnd
differently if
his
hear
Holmes
(200!:
1)
stated
that
the
context
and that the same message can be oonveyeil diffenorillyto
different
listeners.
choice of words
also reflects
his
feelings.
(1976
!IS
cited
by Ward.haugb
of constant
interaction'.
"vVhy
do
10)
says
'speech
beh£rvior and
social
behal;ior are
in
a
state
differently
in differerJ social
phenomenon
researchers lmve
a
new
m
linguistic
calied
reasons behi11d
people's behavior
trl11i'a:ids
the
!a.-qguage
used
S!K:iety G:u.'ll:pe;:z (1971
in Wardhaugh,
1986:I1) and
Holmes
:l)
if.ated that
sm;iOiinl stic;s
is
Ll:!e study of
why and how the
users
of diffen
ot
social
tiemrchy rnanipuiate
larig'.J!llge
what changes
occur afterwmds.
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