Ethnicity Flashcards
English language Paper 2
MLE
Multicultural London English. Popular amongst black teenagers.
MLE- Lexical
‘Peng’- Good
‘Creps’- Shoes
MLE- Grammatical
sentences may be constructed starting with ‘why’ and ending in ‘for’
“why u doing that for?”
MLE- Phonological
Th-stopping.(thing-ting)
Rampton
MLE is spreading through friendship groups
Drummond
MLE is apart of the sociolect of young people in Manchester. Retitled Multicultural Urban British English- reflects its spreading
MUBE
Drummond- Multicultural urban British English
Rampton and Harris
4 views of ethnolects.
Deficit
Difference
Dominance
Discourse
differences- rampton and harris
nothing wrong with the variety- its just different.
Deficit- Rampton & Harris
There is something lacking
Discourse- nrampton and harris
previous 3 aren’t correct. culture cant easily be defined.
Domination- Rampton and harris
variety should be stopped
Kahn
ethnicity is a central factor influencing a persons language
Jeffery Grogger research
Found black speakers who’s voices were distinctively black earned 12% less than white people.
blaccent terminology
portmanteau