Editing Sociolinguistics (section)

===Class aspiration===
Studies, such as those by William Labov in the 1960s, have shown that social aspirations influence speech patterns.  This is also true of class aspirations.  In the process of wishing to be associated with a certain class (usually the upper class and upper middle class) people who are moving in that direction socio-economically may adjust their speech patterns to sound like them.  However, not being native upper-class speakers, they often [[hypercorrect]], which involves overcorrecting their speech to the point of introducing new errors. The same is true for individuals moving down in socio-economic status.

In any contact situation, there is a power dynamic, be it a teacher-student or employee-customer situation. This power dynamic results in a hierarchical differentiation between languages.<ref>Deckert, Sharon K. and Caroline H. Vikers.  (2011).  An Introduction to Sociolinguistics: Society and Identity. Page 44</ref>

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! Non-standard dialect<br />(associated with lower classes) !! Standard dialect<br />(associated with higher classes) 
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| It looks like it ain't gonna rain today. || It looks as if it isn't going to rain today.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Gumperz|first=John|year=1964|title=Linguistic and social interaction in two communities|journal=American Anthropologist|volume=66|issue=6, part 2|pages=137–153|doi=10.1525/aa.1964.66.suppl_3.02a00100}}</ref> 
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| You give it to me yesterday. || You gave it to me yesterday.<ref>{{cite book|last=Trudgill|first=Peter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ai45AAAAIAAJ&q=%22The+Social+Differentiation+of+English+in+Norwich%22&pg=PR9|title=The Social Differentiation of English in Norwich|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1974|isbn=9780521202640|volume=13|location=Cambridge|page=56}}</ref>
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| Y'gotta do it the right way. || You have to do it the right way.<ref>{{cite book|last=Labov|first=William|title=The Social Stratification of English in New York City|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1966|location=Cambridge|page=66}}</ref>
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