Influence of Social Class/Groups on how we speak: Cheshire Flashcards
1
Q
Who was Cheshire studying?
A
Working Class Teenagers in Reading
2
Q
How many months did she observe the boys?
A
8 months
3
Q
What was a behavioural norm of the teenagers?
A
FIghting
4
Q
List 2 of the features Cheshire was looking for in the boys
A
Multiple negation, and “come” in the past tense
5
Q
What did Cheshire find was the biggest influence on the use of the non-standard Reading dialect features was?
A
The people involved in the group the most used the features most frequently
