Other Theories

Question 1

Giles

Answer 1

Accommodation theory - people should match/ converge to fit the people around them

Question 2

ignore haughen

Answer 2

4 stages of standardisation
1. Selection
2. Codification
3. Elaboration
4. Implementation

Question 3

Disparate nature of old and Middle English

Answer 3

There was lots of diversity when spelling words (knyht, knygt, knight)

Question 4

Multiple negation in terms of dialect levelling

Answer 4

Multiple negation has ‘survived’ dialect levelling

Question 5

Foulkes and docherty

Answer 5

Th fronting (saying free not three) has spread from a localised area near London to the country

Question 6

Personal pronoun variation 18th century

Answer 6

18th century grammar was much more diverse, thou thee thy ye you your

Question 7

Disappearance of sociolects

Answer 7

Polari, Cockney rhyming slang, social context changed and it disappeared

Question 8

Online communication and variety

Answer 8

Online communication means less “gatekeepers” so language is more varied

Question 9

Joanna thornborrow

Answer 9

People “perform” identities through language