Language and Identity

Question 1

Take gender, ethnicity and class a given parameters and boundaries – then create our own social identities

Answer 1

John Grumperz

Question 2

A territorial expansion and political union, underpinned by legislation and constitutions.

Answer 2

Nation

Question 3

Nations are culture communities – the members are united and made same by historical memories myths symbols and traditions.

Answer 3

Smith, National Identity

Question 4

An imagined political community – imagined because members of same nation will never know all of the other members.

Answer 4

Benedict Anderson

Question 5

English used by the powerful

Answer 5

Received Pronounciation (RP)

Question 6

Interplay between language and society

Answer 6

Martin Montgomery

Question 7

Employment of different language in same sentence or conversation

Answer 7

Code–Switching

Question 8

Language (linguistic) movement across social or ethnic boundaries.

Answer 8

Language-Crossing

Question 9

Proccess when speakers change their speech patterns, vocabulary and accent during interaction with others.

Answer 9

Speech Accommodation Theory (SAT)

Question 10

Relates linguistic variation to personal agency. Argues were not products of our social structure, have power over our identity

Answer 10

Le Page & Tabouret – Keller

Question 11

Vary in different situations (WORK, FRIENDS, FAMILY conversation)

Answer 11

(Language) Lingustic Variation