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Mary Bucholtz

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  • 1999
  • African American Vernacular English is used by white children for social reasons such as being accepted into a group or to appear “cool”
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Yuri Kuwahara

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  • 1998
  • Education and culture at home determine which people are natural speakers of African American Vernacular English and which aren’t
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William Labov

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  • 1972
  • Some children in a social group who spent more time at school spoke Standard English rather than African American Vernacular English, but had less of a social status within that group
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Code Switching

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  • Refers to two multilingual people alternating between languages depending on the context of the conversation
  • This can result in these people borrowing certain accents, terms or expressions from the other language that the one they are currently using doesn’t technically have - in a way, this results in a makeshift third language between the two speakers
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Reasons for Code Switching

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  • Showing identity
  • Explaining a message
  • Expressing moods or feelings
  • Out of habit
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Pidgins

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A simplified language that develops as a means of communication between one or more groups that don’t have a language in common. Pidgins are never used between two parties of the same language

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Creoles

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A language created from a pidgin that has been nativised (that is, acquired by children as their native language)

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Robert Philipson

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The spread of English as a global language disadvantages other languages, causing them to lose prestige or die out entirely

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Mervyn Alleyne

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  • 1961
  • The general attitude towards creoles is that of hostility
  • Some cultures decry their creoles whilst others may publically celebrate them
  • Research carried out by Douglas Midgett yielded similar results
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Multicultural London English

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  • Predominantly belongs to foreigners who have influenced traditional language with words and aspects of their own
  • Many traditional cockney-speakers believe MLE influences people through media and film
  • Both cockney and MLE have been originally used in youth culture
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Robert Le Page

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All language is socially marked. It can be an indication of which group of people you identify with and what ideas about the world you share with them

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  • 1999
  • African American Vernacular English is used by white children for social reasons such as being accepted into a group or to appear “cool”
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Mary Bucholtz

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  • 1998
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Yuri Kuwahara

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  • 1972
  • Some children in a social group who spent more time at school spoke Standard English rather than African American Vernacular English, but had less of a social status within that group
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William Labov

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  • Refers to two multilingual people alternating between languages depending on the context of the conversation
  • This can result in these people borrowing certain accents, terms or expressions from the other language that the one they are currently using doesn’t technically have - in a way, this results in a makeshift third language between the two speakers
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Code Switching

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A simplified language that develops as a means of communication between one or more groups that don’t have a language in common. They are never used between two parties of the same language

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Pidgins

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A language created from a pidgin that has been nativised (that is, acquired by children as their native language)

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Creoles

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The spread of English as a global language disadvantages other languages, causing them to lose prestige or die out entirely

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Robert Philipson

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  • 1961
  • The general attitude towards creoles is that of hostility
  • Some cultures decry their creoles whilst others may publically celebrate them
  • Research carried out by Douglas Midgett yielded similar results
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Mervyn Alleyne

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  • Predominantly belongs to foreigners who have influenced traditional language with words and aspects of their own
  • Many traditional cockney-speakers believe MLE influences people through media and film
  • Both cockney and MLE have been originally used in youth culture
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Multicultural London English

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All language is socially marked. It can be an indication of which group of people you identify with and what ideas about the world you share with them

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Robert Le Page

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