Lesley + James Milroy's Study Flashcards
Where was the study conducted?
Belfast, Ireland
What did it look at?
The closeness of a particular community
What did it focus on?
The use of standard form language within the three communities
What were the names of the 3 communities?
Clonard, Hammer and Ballymacarrett
What term came from this study?
‘Web of ties’
What did they find about people who were isolated?
People who were isolated had less dense network scores and a weaker accent
What did they find about people who were employed out of where they lived?
They had weaker social network accents
What was found in Clonard?
The men shared domestic tasks due to unemployment and often the women went out to work
What was found about the women?
When the women worked together, they belonged to a dense and multiplex network
