Cht. 12 attitudes and ideologies

Question 1

who uses covert prestige the most

Answer 1

men

Question 2

what is a matched guise test’s goal?

Answer 2

to get past people’s viewpoints of a variant to get to deep-held language attitudes

Question 3

what can a matched guise test reveal about variants?

Answer 3

a solidarity (non-standard) or status (standard) split

Question 4

what is a tabboo?

Answer 4

a culture’s rules that ban/restricts the use of certain behaviors

Question 5

how can you get around tabboos?

Answer 5

by using euphemisms (mild or non-tabboo words)

Question 6

what can happen when people look for evidence to support linguistic attitudes?

Answer 6

can lead to language myths

Question 7

how are attitudes reinforced

Answer 7

representation in media and literature

Question 8

what is an eye dialect?

Answer 8

when people use spelling to represent a dialect

Question 9

what 8 steps are there with the language subordination process?

Answer 9

1 language is mystified
2 authority is claimed
3 misinformation is generated
4 non-mainstream language is trivialized
5 conformers are praised
6 non-conformers are vilified
7 promises are made
8 threats are made

Question 10

what is true about the language subordination process

Answer 10

it is depply internalized (habitus)