AO2

Question 1

Regional accent

Answer 1

Accent from where you live

Question 2

Personal accent

Answer 2

Relates to moods or physical reasons, e.g. sore throat

Question 3

Social accent

Answer 3

Relates to cultural and educational background is (convergence and divergence)

Question 4

Dialect

Answer 4

Sub versions of language identified by variation in Lexus (regional personal and social)

Question 5

Sociolect

Answer 5

Variation of language associated with the social group

Question 6

Idiolect

Answer 6

Variations in language unique to the individual

Question 7

Dialect levelling

Answer 7

When regional dialects lose their distinctive features and become more similar

Question 8

Vertical social mobility

Answer 8

Adopted language, so they fit into a particular social group

Question 9

Migration

Answer 9

People moving about the country

Question 10

Pear 1931

Answer 10

Found people had different perceptions of people based off the accent the head they talk with

Question 11

What are Milroy and Milroys main terms

Answer 11

Open network- participants don’t usually know each other
Closed network- participants know one another

Question 12

What did Milroy and Milroy find in the 3 suburbs

Answer 12

Found that women tended to use cover prestige (non-standard) and men used covert prestige (standard)

Question 13

Why did Milroy and Milroy say that the usual trend was revered

Answer 13

Only 35% of men were employed in the suburbs so they will other not work or work away from home- casusing an open network and forcing them into more standard forms. While women live and work together so have a closed network