Dialect Theory Master Deck

Question 1

What is dialect?

Answer 1

The words and grammar that we use

Question 2

Regional dialects are specific to a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in the country.

Answer 2

location

Question 3

What is the non-regional dialect in the UK?

Answer 3

Standard English

Question 4

In the manchester dialect, one might say ‘chuddy’ to mean?

Answer 4

Chewing gum

Question 5

In Manchester, someone might use the term ‘pants’ to mean _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Answer 5

trousers

Question 6

What is the name of the theorist who looked at ‘dialect levelling’?

Answer 6

Paul Kerswill

Question 7

Paul Kerswill observed that regional varieties of English are d _ _ _ _ o _ _

Answer 7

dying out

Question 8

Kerswill states that increasing geographical mobility results in greater dialect c _ _ _ _ _ _ between speakers from different regions and so more pressure to use Standard English.

Answer 8

Contact

Question 9

Because increasing social mobility means that tight-knit working-class communities are breaking down, there is less pressure to speak in a r _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ form.

Answer 9

regional

Question 10

Milroy and MIlroy found that because people are moving out of their local area for work, dialect levelling is reducing what?

Answer 10

Regional dialect variation

Question 11

Milroy and Milroy argued that Britain is an increasingly socially _ _ _ _ _ _ society

Answer 11

mobile

Question 12

Milroy and Milroy argued that there is now more pressure to use standard or non standard forms?

Answer 12

Standard forms.

Question 13

Cheshire studied a _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ group of teenagers whom she met in an adventure playground in Reading.

Answer 13

mixed-sex

Question 14

The subjects of Cheshire’s Reading Study were all truanting from school and shared a distinctive dress that marked them out from which culture?

Answer 14

mainstream culture

Question 15

Cheshire recorded the speech and identified how many non-standard features?

Answer 15

11

Question 16

Cheshire also measured the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of these 11 non-standard features

Answer 16

frequency

Question 17

Cheshire found that the subjects in her study said: “They calls me names.” This is an example of what?

Answer 17

non-standard ‘s’ inflection

Question 18

Cheshire found that the subjects in her study said: “You was with me, wasn’t you?” - This is an example of what?

Answer 18

Non-standard copular

Question 19

Cheshire found that the subjects in her study said: “You ain’t no boss.” - This is an example of what?

Answer 19

Multiple negation

Question 20

Cheshire found that which gender used 10 of the 11 features more?

Answer 20

Boys

Question 21

Cheshire also investigated the effects of her subjects’ _ _ _ _ _ _ networks on their use of non-standard English.

Answer 21

social

Question 22

Cheshire discovered that there was a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ correlation between social network and six of the eleven features

Answer 22

Positive

Question 23

Cheshire also discovered that some features (e.g. non-standard ‘s’) were very closely linked to _ _ _ _ _ _

Answer 23

status

Question 24

Cheshire study revealed that which gender used more non-standard forms?

Answer 24

boys

Question 25

Cheshire study revealed that which gender is more affected by social network density?

Answer 25

Boys

Question 26

Cheshire study revealed that there is a link between _ _ _ _ _ _ prestige and some non-standard features.

Answer 26

covert

Question 27

A Matched Guise experiment is an attempt to identify attitudes to and prejudices about _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Answer 27

accents

Question 28

What is the name of the theorist who conducted the Matched Guise Experiement?

Answer 28

Howard Giles

Question 29

Giles performed a matched guise experiment with an actor using which two accents?

Answer 29

RP and Birmingham accent

Question 30

In the Matched Guise Experiment, which speaker was more likely to be considered guilty?

Answer 30

The Birmingham speaker was significantly more likely to be considered guilty.