In What Ways Is Language Used To Label Different Social Groups An Important Issue

grungers, skaters and other alternatives” If you were to be heard saying something like “mush” or “init” (a form of isn’t it) or “banging” you would be called a Chav or a townie, however you might have just been bought up within a rougher area of the country. This is a type of default assumption where if you are heard saying something people would assume something about who you are. However the social groups are used to insult people as well. They are used as a form of derogation. Most people will find it an insult to be called a chav even Chavs themselves find it insulting. But both the alternative semantic field and the popular semantic field use terms such as “dirty little grunger/goth” or “you chav scum” this is a use of semantic derogation because it implies that everyone in that social group(s) are the same, some people may argue differently but if you get down to the basic facts that is what it is implyingTitles are also used to conjure up social groups for people. If someone were called a Lord or Lady, you would automatically think that they were of an upper class. However it might be that they are “common as mud” and just done something heroic or of importance.Or alternatively someone of high importance might be conducting something like an affair and be labelled as a cheap hussy or something similar. The problem with using language to place people within social groups is that even though people may use the same sort of language they could be completely different from the rest of the group. Take all the people in Hampshire we speak differently to the rest of Britain and are within one social group however we are all completely different people within one group. Another problem with putting people into groups based on language is that if one group say teenagers are found effing and blinding all over the place every teenage gets tarred with the same brush. Another example can be that upper class people are commonly seen as pompous people because of how they speak or at least used to speak. Language does stick with people throughout timeSo far it would appear that using language to label social groups is an issue because like a lot of things within language they become warped beyond their original meanings. People use a mixture of default assumption, semantic fields and semantic derogation to place people within groups.