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2.2.3 Social Meaning 
Leech stresses that the social type of meaning includes all the social circumstances 
regarding the use of a piece of language. (1981, 14) Since these are closely related to various 
social groups who are parts of those circumstances, David Crystal and Derek Davy established 
a classification of socio-stylistic variations which vary according to
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(1969, 66): 
1)
Dialect (The language of a geographical region or social class) 
2)
Time (e.g. The language of the 18
th
century) 
3)
Province (Language of law, science, advertising, etc.) 
4)
Status (Polite, colloquial, slang, etc.) 
5)
Modality (Language of memoranda, lectures, jokes, etc.) 
6)
Singularity (The style of Dickens, Hemingway, etc.)
Therefore, it can be said that the words with the same conceptual and social meaning 
are particularly rare, and, to prove that point, Leech introduces a number of examples while 
contrasting conceptual synonyms with different stylistic meanings. (1981, 14) 
Illust. Leech 1981, 14 
Depending on the situation the social meaning can also include what is called 
the 
illocutionary force of an utterance
, which can then be interpreted as a request, an apology, a 
threat, etc., as stated by Leech. (1981, 15)