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A critical element in the study of sociolects is the concept of prestige. A dialect associated with power, wealth, or high culture often gains "prestige" status, leading speakers of non-prestige dialects to engage in covert prestige or accommodation strategies to align their speech patterns toward the dominant variety.
The Ethnography of Communication suggests that the effectiveness of [partic…