A01 & A02 Flashcards
Key factors leading to these emerging variations of English
Migration
E.g. Bradford Asian English, MLE
Headline: ‘Hybrid Dialect Dubbed ‘Multicultural London English’ seeps accords the country’ says what about where and when language is being picked up
At a young age - especially in schools
What’s the article called for language being picked up at young age in school
‘Hybrid Dialect Dubbed ‘Multicultural London English’ sweeps across the country’
What’s code switching
When speakers alternate first and second language, English and usually Punjabi
Where has there been an increasing use of code switching dialect
Bradford Asian English
Explain Ives 2014 study and conclude it
Bradford Asian English
Boy from Bradford said they spoke certain wat as “it’s the way we’re born; and later said they mix Punjabi with English
Speaking Punjabi to each other is like a ‘secret language; as they can use taboo’s like ‘bitch’ etc
However London shows language used is about where you live not ethncitiy as lots of subjects were white British
Explain Ives 2014 study and conclude it
Boys from London
Boys from London used language that set them apart from the rest of the country, some of the language as roots in Jamaican Patois.
However London shows language used is about where you live not ethncitiy as lots of subjects were white British
What’s the quote in the independent article of a 13 yr old suggesting ethnicity isn’t a major factor
“Everyone is my school speaks like this… it’s because you hear the cool kids saying these words and then you have to do it too”
- Due to Covert prestige + converging to seem cool
Essentialist view
Assumes ethnicity isn’t something inherited from our parents, and so its incapable of changing - permanent element of our identity
Constructionist view Assumes ethnicity
Something we take on based on our surroundings and experiences, so we construct our ethnicity through our behaviour, or linguistics etc
What can be used to distinguish between essentialist and constructionist views of ethnicity
Roots- related to ancestry
Routes - related to pathways and means
Study to prove essentialist view Assumes ethnicity
Hewitt’s white talk, black talk study
Hewitts research showed there were two varieties of English spoken in London which stemmed from immigration: a creole and MLE
White speakers were criticised by creole speakers for using linguistic features from creole, as creole wasn’t something white speakers inherited from
= Shows essentialist view of ethnicity as they must have been born with it
What’s a creole
A language constructed from the languages of two different cultures.
The development of a Creole often takes place after a pidgin, which is a simple tongue composed of words from either parent tongue
MLE
A sociolect that emerged in late 20th century, rooted from the Caribbean dialects
Associated with black youth in south London
A youth variety, not ethnic variety, as it’s a sociolect that’s spread among ethnicities
Features of MLE
Th fronting
‘Man’ being used as a pronoun
