A shared social identity consisting of social practices, beliefs and history. You have some control over your ethnic affiliation.
Race
Perceived physical similarities and differences between different cultures
Mother tongue
The language you first learn as a child
intersectionality
The idea that all social categorisations are all interconnected
Code switching
When 2 people who speak two or more languages switch from one to another
Style shifting
When speakers adjust the way they speak depending on a range of factors
ethniolect
A variety of language associated with a particular ethnic group
Ethnolinguistic repertoire
a set of linguistic resources used by individual speakers in order to signal their ethnic identity
Multiethniolect
A collection of linguistic resources combining features from a variety of languages within a multicultural context
Amelioration
Where words gain better connotations over time
L1
English spoken as a first language
L2
English spoken as a second language
Lingua Franca
A language that is adopted as a common language between native speakers who’s native languages are different
Globalisation
The process by which businesses or other organisations develop international influence or operate on an international scale
Pidgin English
A grammatically simplified form of English, some elements of which are taken from local languges and used between people not sharing a common language for communication
Diasporas
The dispersal of language around the world
Creole
a mother tongue formed from the contact of a European language with local languages
Inkhorn - borrowing a foreign word into english deemed to be unnecessary or pretentious
