regional theorists Flashcards
what is Labov’s (1963) Martha’s Vineyard study?
population of 6,000 with over 40,000 summer visitors who were disliked by citizens
interviewed 69 different people, trying to steer the conversation towards them pronouncing the diphthong (mouse/mice) finding that citizens pronunciation of the diphthong was subtly changing due to american pronunciation, concluding the change was subconscious and used to indenture as a local rather than visitors
what is Petyt’s (1985) dialect study of Bradford?
found nonstandard language and social class are linked
‘h’ was often dropped (“ ‘at” = “hat”)
lower class often dropped ‘h’ whereas upper classes used ‘h’
what is Kachru’s (1992) theory?
proposed an inner circle of language
english is the first/dominant language
english language norms develop in these countries and spread outwards
these can be criticised to be reversed as english consists of borrowing
three circles represents the type of spread, patterns of acquisition and functional allocation of english language in cultural contexts
