Functional Differentiation in Language Behavior Patterns: An Overview of the Manifest Factors in Literature.

Meeus, Baudwijn

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Publication Date: 1975

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Functional Differentiation in Language Behavior Patterns: An Overview of the Manifest Factors in Literature

Meeus, Baudwijn

ITL Review of Applied Linguistics, 27, 33-55, 75

Choice of language style depends on personality, society and culture, or in another view, on personal needs, immediate situation and background situation. Some of the literature on this subject is reviewed. Available from Instituut voor Toegepaste Linguistiek, Vesaliusstraat 2, B. 3000 Leuven, Belgium. (TL)

Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Diglossia, Language Styles, Language Variation, Personality, Social Behavior, Social Influences, Social Status, Sociocultural Patterns, Sociolinguistics

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