covert vs overt prestige

Question 1

covert prestige

Answer 1

a sociolect or dialect used by a culturally powerful group

Question 2

overt prestige

Answer 2

where people use standard forms of language in an attempt to gain power e.g. speaking in RP

Question 3

Peter Trudgill -1974

Answer 3

• men in Norwich have a more non standard form of English compared to women regardless of class

Question 4

Jeremy Cheshire -1982

Answer 4

• in nearly all cases teenage boys in Reading used more non standard forms of English compared to teenage girls

Question 5

Edina Eiskovits - 1998

Answer 5

• studied two groups of men and women aged 14 and another two groups aged 16, all 4 groups had the same working class background
• both 14 year old groups used non standard English as a form of rebellion
• older females accepted prestige of conformity and the males also used non standard forms