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1、Every language may have varieties, which defines by Hudson as“a set of linguistic items with similar distribution”. Dialect is one of the varieties of language which is believed to be excluded from polite society. To those who do not speak natural Standard English, we can always find traces of diale
2、cts in their speaking from which we may find out their identities. Just as Professor Higgins has said in the movie, “an Englishmans way of speaking absolutely classifies him”. 2. 1 Regional DialectRegional dialects are “varieties of a language which are spoken in different geographical areas”. A reg
3、ional dialect distinguishes people of one region from those of another region. In the movie, as a linguist Higgins can easily tell where the person is from by the accent he / she wears.2. 2 Social DialectsJust as regional dialects distinguish people from one region to another, so does a social diale
4、ct distinguish people from one class or group to another. Two people who are born in the same place may not use the same variety of language. Their social background counts a large part in their speaking and can make a great difference in their use of language. At the time when Pygmalion sets as bac
5、kground, the upper class and the lower class spoke totally different languages, and men and women talked differently too. The movie has well reflected class - related social dialects and gender - related social variations.1. Class - related social dialectsLanguage has classes too. In the movie, the
6、upper class speaks Standard English while the lower class speaks nonstandard English varieties. Eliza comes from the lower class. Grammatically she says“hes your son, is he?”instead of“hes your son, isnt he?”, “I aint done”instead of“I havent done”. The upper class, on the other hand, even if some o
7、f them may wear accent, speak grammatically and phonologically correctly. Different ways of speaking may give different impressions to the hearer. The language of the lower class sounds barbarous and impolite while the language of upper class implicates grace and politeness. Language sets as a natur
8、al barrier between the classes. Professor Higgins condemns Eliza as the murder of English and proposes that she should be hanged for not speaking“the language of Shakespeare and Milton and the Bible”. He predicts that the girl will live a miserable life for the whole life because of her language.2.
9、Gender - related social variationsBesides class - related social dialects, the movie has clearly demonstrated difference of the use of language caused by gender difference. Men and women talk differently. This is a truth generally accepted in sociolinguistics. The language of men and women vary from
10、 many aspects. In terms of tone, women prefer to use rising tone in the end of statements while men like to use a falling tone. In the movie, when Eliza goes to visit Professor Higgins, both the man who answers the door and the housekeeper Mrs. Pearce have uttered the sentence“one moment, please”. T
11、he difference is that the man used a falling tone on the word“please”while Mrs. Pearce used a rising tone. Women also like to add tag questions to statements. “Hes your son, is he?”Eliza asks a woman like this. Women talk in this way to encourage others to give an explicit answer or to join in the d
12、iscussion actively. Generally speaking, women are more polite but less confident than men in the use of language. They try to maintain a good relationship with others during conversation while men mainly care about the information conveyed in conversation. Contrary to womens polite way of speaking, men speak in a more forceful and less polite way.