Language And Region-Dialect

Question 1

Give an example of words that are specific to a location or country

Answer 1

Cruckle (noun/verb) rochdale use it
“For to” used in Belfast
Ain’t replaces Amn’t because we don’t put 2 nasal sounds together

Question 2

Regional dialect lexis:How many people use the standard English term “bread roll”?

Answer 2

1/3

Question 3

Regional dialect lexis:How many people “Barm cake” instead of bread roll?

Answer 3

17% of people

Question 4

How many people think it’s okay to say “look at them animals”?

Answer 4

77% people

Question 5

The Manchester dialect: what do people call “chewing gum”?

Answer 5

Chuddy

Question 6

Manchester dialect: what’s the difference of using pants in Manchester and everywhere else in Britain?

Answer 6

Manchester pants=trouser
Anywhere else pants=underwear

Question 7

What are some examples of Manchester dialect?

Answer 7

Soz
Do one
Scran

Question 8

Paul kerswill and Dialect levelling: what does social mobility mean?

Answer 8

People moving around more so you don’t hear your dialect so you choose standard form

Question 9

Paul kerswill and Dialect levelling: what is one thing that is dying out that reinforces the norm?

Answer 9

Old fashioned communities(tight-knit communities)

Question 10

The Surrey Dialect: what is the dialect like at Surrey?

Answer 10

People move in to get to london but move out later,Population very diverse so Surrey accent died out

Question 11

What are some example of The Surrey Dialect?

Answer 11

Bannick(verb)= beat/thrash
Timmersome(adjective)=timid
Made “to be” weak “how be you?”
Grow’d (instead of growed)
Know’d
See’d

Question 12

Dialect theories: The ______ of your network enforced the norm

Answer 12

Density

Question 13

People with what networks tend to use more standard English?

Answer 13

Open networks,uniplex connections
Because they rarely hear regional forms used

Question 14

Which type of people tend to have closed networks?

Answer 14

Men and working class communities

Question 15

What is The Forest of Dean like?

Answer 15

Rural,small population,people don’t move,small villages

Question 16

What is the villages like in The Forest of Dean in terms of networks?

Answer 16

Each individual village has very dense networks,uniplex connections

Question 17

What are some examples of The Forest of Dean?

Answer 17

Dreeon’t=three of us
Ship=sheep
How bist dau but?how are you,mate?
Walkest jumpest

Question 18

Jennifer Cheshire’s Reading (reading) study:who does Cheshire study?

Answer 18

A group of teenagers in a series of playgrounds

Question 19

Jennifer Cheshires Reading study:what were the teenagers like?

Answer 19

They were skipping school and committing minor acts of arson(destroying stuff at the park)

Question 20

Jennifer Cheshire’s Reading study:what does distinctive dress mean?

Answer 20

Distinctive sub-cultures that you can easily spot is what all the teens shared

Question 21

Jennifer Cheshire’s Reading study:How many non-standard features did Cheshire find in the teens speech?

Answer 21

11

Question 22

What are 3 non-standard features from Cheshire’s reading study?

Answer 22

Non-standard s “they calls me names”
Non standard copular ”you was with me”
Multiple negation “you ain’t no boss”

Question 23

Cheshires reading study: who use the 11 non standard features more and by how many?

Answer 23

Boys used 10 of the 11 features more than the girls

Question 24

Cheshire’s reading study: What did Cheshire discover with the social network and the 11 non standard features?

Answer 24

The “core members” of the social network used 6 of the 11 features a lot(a positive correlation)

Question 25

Cheshire’s reading study: What does the “Vernacular culture index”mean?

Answer 25

Measurement of how cool you are(so you clothing,hair,carrying a knife),your status

Question 26

Cheshire’s reading study:What link did Cheshire find with the 11 non standard features and the vernacular culture index(status)?

Answer 26

Some features(non standard s) were closely linked to the high status boys, the low status boys used the features the least

Question 27

Cheshire’s reading study: what were the girls social groups like and what did this explain?

Answer 27

They were much smaller,it explains why they used the non-standard forms the least (4 features)

Question 28

Cheshires reading study: The ______ strength _____ did not work for the girls or the ______ _______ index

Answer 28

The network strength score The vernacular culture index

Question 29

Cheshires reading study: what did Jennifer divide the girls up into?

Answer 29

“Good girls” and “bad girls”

Question 30

Cheshires reading study: what did the “bad girls” do?

Answer 30

Shop lift and used the non standard features more than the low status girls

Question 31

What conclusions were made from the Cheshire study?

Answer 31

Boys use more non-standard forms than girls Link between social network density+some non standard features Link between standard forms+social image

Question 32

What does Emma Moore’s Bolton Study look at?

Answer 32

The language of groups of girls in Bolton

Question 33

Bolton study:What non standard feature did Emma Moore look at?

Answer 33

Use of non standard “were” E.g “I were out with Tia last week”

Question 34

Bolton study What did Emma Moore divide the girls into and what were these groups called?

Answer 34

4 “communities of practice”(only look at 2) The Eden Valley girls The townies

Question 35

Emma Moore’s Bolton study: what does communities of practice mean?

Answer 35

A group of people who share and activity Part of their group identity is their language

Question 36

Emma Moore’s Bolton study: what were the Eden Valley girls like?

Answer 36

Lower middle class School-oriented (like school) Used standard “was” Social group was within their village

Question 37

Emma Moore’s Bolton study: what 2 thing affected the Eden Valley girls language?

Answer 37

Social class and social group(weren’t exposed to people who used the non-standard)

Question 38

Emma Moore’s Bolton study: what were the townies like?

Answer 38

-2 from upper working class 2 from lower middle class -take drugs and sexual activity -Use non standard were a lot -took part in rebellious social practices ,Hung out with boys

Question 39

Emma Moore’s Bolton study: what 2 thing affected the townies language?

Answer 39

Class(lower middle class) and social network

Question 40

What is the matched Guise Experiments?

Answer 40

1 actor speaking in 2 different guises (varieties)

Question 41

Matched Guise Experiments(1975)What did Howard Giles find with the R.P accent and the Birmingham accent?

Answer 41

The R.P variety sounded more smarter and convincing

Question 42

What was Dixon,Mahoney and Cocks's Matched Guise Experiment on?

Answer 42

Accents of guilt(recorded a fake police interview)

Question 43

What was found in the matched Guise Experiment-accents of guilt?

Answer 43

The Brummy speaker sounded more guilty

Question 44

What did Howard Giles survey of English accent reveal (prejudices)?

Answer 44

Birmingham english least like variety Rural varieties (Somerset) seen positively RP=prestige,Intelligent,cold Northern accents=honest,generous