gary ives' bradford study Flashcards
(2014)
1
Q
What did Ives study?
A
- two case studies in London and Bradford because he wanted to investigate new dialects.
- School A, was the Bradford Study.
2
Q
What type of study was the Bradford study and what did he do?
A
- micro study: he spoke to eight teenage boys about the way they spoke and the language they used.
3
Q
What backgrounds did the teenage boys come from?
A
- they attended a school where 95% of the students were from Pakistani backgrounds – the majority from Mirpuri which is very rural.
4
Q
What did Ives find?
A
the boys used a mix of Punjabi and English when communicating with each.
5
Q
Examples of slang terms they used:
A
- sick
- heavy much
- swag
- bare blown
- killed it
6
Q
What did the boys identify themselves as?
A
‘British Asian’ – they refereed to those who had recently come over from Pakistan as ‘freshies’.
- the boys admitted that although they did not look down on ‘freshies’ they did not feel as connected to them because of their accent.
7
Q
How did the boys code switch?
A
the boys would switch their language depending on whether they were at home or at school for example.
