Extra Studies

Question 1

Dialect levelling trudgill

Answer 1

1831, 34% lived in cities. 90% 1991. Led to radical changes in people’s social networks to encompass far more strangers and people in different walks of life. BUT STILL PROMINENT REGIONAL FEATURES LIKE BAP

Question 2

Labov New York

Answer 2

Post vocalic /r/ . Saks (highest social ranking), Macy’s, S.Klein(lowest). Rhoticity high in saks. Hyper correction. BUT 1962 now neologisms. Unorthodox so less credible

Question 3

Martha’s Vineyard

Answer 3

/au/ and /au/ diphthongs. Locals pronounced with a more central point subconsciously to establish themselves as Vineyarders eager to disassociate from Mainland American norms brought by tourists. Up-islanders (originals). Propagate a them-us mentality. ONLY 69 ppl

Question 4

Leslie Milroy

Answer 4

Increased social mobility ‘leads to the large-scale disruption of close-knit, localised networks’