SOCIO-LINGUISTIC PECULIARITIES OF LANGUAGE SITUATION IN NEW YORK CITY
Abdurashitova Sevil' Yasharovna
Taurida Academy of V. I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University
Abstract. The article aims to analyze the language situation in New York City and to describe its socio-linguistic characteristics. The paper provides the population census data, the findings of the United States Census Bureau surveys, the researches devoted to identifying social markers in the citizens’ speech. The author describes the language situation parameters in relation to the region under study and summarizes some researchers’ opinions concerning the existence of a special linguistic areal in New York City and adopted stereotypes on this American English dialect.
Key words and phrases: языковая ситуация, параметры языковой ситуации, иммиграция, диалект города Нью-Йорка, языковой ареал, социальные маркеры, linguistic situation, linguistic situation parameters, immigration, New York City dialect, linguistic areal, social markers
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