The jargon of the cheese factory

The jargon of the cheese factory

Lingustically speaking, each domain and group of speakers who share the same activity have their own special language or what is called according to linguists a jargon (register).( Ennaji & Sadiqi.1994: p 74). In the cheese factory, for instance, we find a very special vocabulary. It is really very hard to find it
somewhere. It is only available in this factory.

        

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The sounds: "S" and "T"

 

The sounds: "S" and "T"

Linguistically speaking, language varies according to some parameters such as gender, age, social class, occupation…and so on. In Hart El Mourabitine, we find that the speech of women differs from men’s one. A facet of this difference consists in some sounds like “s” and “t”. Women tend to use the first sound while
men use the second one.

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The speech of the children and the adults

 

The speech of the children and the adults

In the article titled “formality and informality”, we have mentioned that the speech of the young and the old people is really very different to the extent that the speech of the first category is informal and the speech of the second is very formal. Within this article, we will deal with the speech of the adults and the children to show that there is a big gap between their speeches.

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Formality and informality

Formality and informality

« …speech between individuals of unequal rank (due to status in an organization, social class, age or some other factors) is like language to be less relaxed and more formal that between equals… »[1]

        

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