discuss the sociolinguistic development of a child?

Answer 1

This sounds like an assignment. You are going to have to go off the textbook and the notes you were given. If you are supposed to be researching, then do your research--meaning, find reliable sources, take notes, etc.--and do the work yourself.

Answer 2

As a child grows up s/he doesn't just learn the language of their country. They learn the accent and the kinds of expressions that people in their socioeconomic group use. If you are from the Bronx, you grow up hearing the accent and expressions of people in your neighborhood, and that comes to be part of your identity, of who you are in the world. That way if you travel to somewhere else people may see you as an outsider because of your speech, because it marks you as a member of a group of people. If you live in California for ten years and suddenly run into someone from the Bronx, the way both of you speak might bond you together as members of a shared identity. This can also happen with ethnicity, social class and the amount of money you have. Working class people might be less likely to use standard grammar, but not because they don't know better. It's because they identify with "the working man" and don't want to seem like a snob by talking too perfectly, like an English teacher. A child has to learn what their style of speaking says about them and the group(s) they are a member of, and then they have to decide if they want to stay in that group or if they want to change their accent and their speech to try to become someone else. All of this is what is studied in sociolinguisticis.

Answer 3

Sorry - it will take a lot more than 2 points for me to do your homework for you - A LOT LOT MORE. (Also, I don't think Yahoo Answers will allow me to post a 4 page answer.