Regional Variations Flashcards
Emma Moore
Studied four groups in Bolton, townies, populars, geeks and the Eden valley girls for use of non standard were and found that the Eden valley girls never used it and the townies almost always used it
Code switching?
A bilingual person switching languages while speakijg
MLE features
Tag questions innit?
Taboo Lexus
Nonstandard pronoun use
Use of contractions
Caribbean influence
RP
Seen as proper way to speak, sign of intelligence
3% of people speak it
Liverpool
Dialect island
Social indexing
When you perceive something about someone based on accent+dialect
Martha’s Vineyard
Islanders used an older vowel sound with pride, tourism caused more migration but the original islanders strengthened vowel sound to stand out
Accommodation theory
Adapting language to fit in with whoever your speaking with
Convergence
Adapting speech to be closer to the others in conversation
Divergence
Moving speech away from who you’re talking to to emphasise differences
Eckert age
Chronological age
Biological age
Social age
Features of teenspeak
Talking over each other
Irregular turn taking
Indistinct articulation
Word shortening
Teasing
Verbal duelling
Slang
Taboos
Eckert jocks and burnouts
Jocks more likely to engage in school and were typically middle class
Burnouts didn’t and were rebellious also middle class
Restricted code
Assumes listener already knows context
Elaborate code
Can be understood by anyone (allegedly)
