Class

Question 1

peter trudgill norwich study

Answer 1

• research speech usage in hometown
• women said that they said ‘-ing’ rather than ‘-in’
• men said that they said ‘-in’ rather than ‘-ing’
• people want to speak more/less standard english depending on how they wnt to be percieved
• standard english percieved as upper class

Question 2

labov department store study

Answer 2

• went undercover in 3 department stores in new york chronologically on budget
• asked questions and pretended not to hear so they had to repeat - changed from casual speech
• upper-class speakers predominantly maintained the rhotic pronunciation of /r/ in all contexts
• working-class speakers frequently exhibited non-rhotic pronunciation

Question 3

bernstain elaborated vs restricted code

Answer 3

• elaborated: more detailed (used by more middle/upper class students)
• restricted: less detailed (used by working class, poor performance students)