Cheshire's Study

Question 1

When did Cheshire do her study?

Answer 1

1982

Question 2

What did Cheshire focus on in her study?

Answer 2

Working class teenagers in Reading

Question 3

What did Cheshire observe in her subjects?

Answer 3

Their use of non-standard english and grammatical variations

Question 4

What were some examples of grammatical variations she was looking for? Give 2 sentence examples

Answer 4

Double Negative Use e.g. “I aint ever done nothing”
Use of present tense for past tense e.g. “I come here yesterday”

Question 5

What did Cheshire find with the boys vernacular usage?

Answer 5

It was related to their toughness and level of status around their peers

Question 6

What did Cheshire create including everything which the teenagers said in their utterances?

Answer 6

A Vernacular Index

Question 7

What did Cheshire find for girls Vernacular usage?

Answer 7

It related to more formal ways of speaking

Question 8

What was Cheshires conclusion for the boys?

Answer 8

Boys used non-standard informal speech around their peer group

Question 9

What was Cheshires conclusion for the girls?

Answer 9

Girls were less consistent in their loyalty to informal speech of the area