1. STYLE
1.1. Variation which reflects situational factors.
1.1.1. ACCOMODATION THEORY
1.1.1.1. SPEECH CONVERGENCE
1.1.1.1.1. Listener can catch the message correctly and fully comprehend.
1.1.1.2. SPEAKERS ACCOMODATE
1.1.1.2.1. The speaker matches the language used to the listener, such as social class, gender and age.
1.1.1.3. SPEECH DIVERGENCE
1.1.1.3.1. The listener cannot grasp message of the speaker (topic, grammar or vocabulary).
1.1.1.4. ACCOMODATE PROBLEMS
1.1.1.4.1. Missed communication completely.
1.2. CONTEXT
1.2.1. A persons role is determinated by their position or status in society, so the speech might be influenced by it.
1.3. REGISTER
1.3.1. It is the variation of the language accrdong to the use.
2. SPEECH FUNCTION
2.1. Progressive utterances express the speakers feelings.
2.2. Directive utterances attempt to get someone to do something.
2.3. Referential utterances provide information.
2.4. Metalinguistic utterances comment on language itself.
2.5. Poetic focus on aesthetic features of language.
2.6. Phatic express solidarity and empathy.
3. LANGUAGE, COGNITION, CULTURE
3.1. LANGUAGE AND PERCEPTION
3.1.1. A persons ethnicity, age and gender are indexed by linguistic geatures of their speech.
3.2. VOCABULARY AND COGNITION
3.2.1. Whorf noticed that certain words are selected to describe or label objects are often influenced by people perceptions and behavior .
3.3. GRAMMAR AND COGNITION
3.3.1. Grannatical categories such as tenses, aspects and gender encode aspects of reality differently in different languages.
3.4. CATEGORIES AND CULTURES
3.4.1. Socio-cultural environment determinates the distinctions that the language develops, this provides a meaninf of encoding a community language .