Lexical Variation

-THE LEXICAL VARIATIONS PROJECT



INTRODUCTION

The essence of language is to be a communication system embedded in a social situation; therefore, it is not only a cognitive process, but also a symbolic behaviour, social and genuine essential activity.
We live, in a linguistic community that feel, thinks, sees and models a tongue in terms of their language. Each community selects a partof reality, name it and introduce it in their linguistic system, as needs change, human being changes the language, either adding new elements or change the meaning and signifier-signified of a symbol.

This research project is focused on the analysis of the lexical variations of language at pedagogical Technological University UPTC, specifically in the restaurant. According to Escandell (1996)the most extended characteristics of social human interaction is to speak. Besides, this investigation is important because language has a great impact on the manner people act, behave or express themselves in different circumstances. Besides, this research is important because there is a need to understand the use of language in a local level.
In this research, lexical variations were collectedthrough recordings and interviews in the restaurant. The type of research is descriptive because it tries to interpret something that is represented through specific data regarding people, communities, groups etc. This investigation is developed considering the lexical variations and its meaning used by students. The sections of this research project are a rationale or justification, a researchquestion, two specific objectives, the literature review or theoretical framework and a research design so far.

RATIONALE

Today, research on language, focuses on the study of formal discourse and not on the study of the use of everyday language used by young people in common conversations. In a local level, this research helps to have a wider view of the meaning of students’ lexicalvariations used in daily situations, in a national level, it would be useful to classify the use of these words by regions, ethnic groups etc.

This research was carried out considering that language is subjected to constant changes in its use throughout time, sometimes the meanings of the words vary depending on the place where it is used and that is why this research also aims to show the differentmeanings of the use of these everyday expressions.

This investigation is achieved parting from the need to know which are the lexical variations and its meanings used by students of University

RESEARCH QUESTION

What kind of lexical variations do students use to refer to the food in the Pedagogical and Technological University Restaurant?.

SUBQUESTIONS

* What is the relation oflexical variations with the context?
* What is the meaning of lexical variations used by students?

OBJECTIVES

GENERAL OBJECTIVE:
* To identify the kind of lexical variations used by six groups of students of Pedagogical and Technological University to refer to the food offered in the restaurant.SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
* To analyze the meaning of the most common lexical variations used by six groups of students of UPTC Restaurant.

* To identify the categories and the results obtained by data collection.ANTECEDENTES
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Author: Gerardo Cardozo Rincón
GENERAL OBJECTIVE
To identify through of a pragmatic analysis the meaning of speaker in the formulaic expressions used by 84...