language diversity

Question 1

how do you define social class?

Answer 1

occupation, education and income

Question 2

when was labov’s new york study?

Answer 2

1966

Question 3

what did labour study in new york?

Answer 3

the use of the postvocalic

Question 4

what is the postvocalic r?

Answer 4

the pronunciation of ‘r’ in words such as farm, floor and car

Question 5

what is the postvocalic r a symbol of in new york?

Answer 5

it is considered socially prestigious (like pronouncing the h at the start of words in britain)

Question 6

what was labov’s belief before starting the New York study?

Answer 6

the higher the social class of the speaker, the more likely they were to pronounce the postvocalic r

Question 7

what did Labov find in his New York study?

Answer 7

in casual speech upper middle class speakers used the postvocalic r more than lower middle class speakers, but in formal situations the reverse was the case which suggests lower middle class people are more conscious about making a good impression through the way they speak

Question 8

when was Trudgill’s Norwich research?

Answer 8

1983

Question 9

what did Trudgill’s Norwich research examine?

Answer 9

the relationship between social class and a number of linguistic variables

Question 10

What did Janet Holmes say about pidgins and creoles?

Answer 10

“A creole is a pidgin which has expanded in structure and vocabulary to express the range of meanings and serve the range of functions required of a first language”