Labov 1972 Martha Vineyard Flashcards
1
Q
What is Martha’s Vineyard
A
An island on east coast of United States.
2
Q
What language feature did labov focus on
A
Diphthongs
3
Q
How did he find evidence for his study
A
Interviewed different age groups and ethnicities.
4
Q
What did he find
A
The younger speakers drifted more towards vineyard speakers than standard English.
5
Q
Who did he find used diphthongs more than the tourists
A
Chilmark Fishermen
6
Q
Who were the heaviest users of this vineyard pronunciation
A
Young vineyarders who rejected values of the main land
7
Q
What were they seen to do to avoid tourists
A
Exploited the non standard accent and exaggerate their speech
8
Q
Why did they establish their own speech
A
To be an independent social group.
9
Q
What did they heavily use
A
Vernacular vowels.
