A survey on speech style of Qazvin’s women based on age and education
Subject Areas : Journal of Teaching English Language StudiesShabnam Besharati 1 , Nazanin Amir Arjmandi 2 , Marjan Taheri Osgouei 3
1 - M.A graduate in linguistics, Islamic Azad University of Takestan, Iran
2 - Assistant professor, Department of linguistics, Islamic Azad University of Takestan, Iran
3 - Assistant professor, Department of linguistics, Islamic Azad University of Takestan, Iran
Keywords: age, education, style, language and gender, female language,
Abstract :
Language is a social factor connecting people together. There are different speech styles among individuals, this difference is due to the situation and the context they are in. The purpose of this paper is to study speech style of Qazvin’s women in different situations. The authors have sought to find answers to the following questions: What is the relationship between speech style and age among Qazvin’s women? What is the relationship between speech style and education among Qazvin’s women? In this article, key concepts including style, language, gender and different reasons for the origins of linguistic varieties are stated first, and then we will study age and education, as two variables, and their impact on speech style of Qazvin’s women.
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