Social groups Flashcards
LANGUAGE AND AGE
What did Gary Ives investigate?
Do people think people speak differently depending on their age?
LANGUAGE AND AGE
Who did Gary Ives investigate?
63 teens in a West Yorkshire secondary school
LANGUAGE AND AGE
What reply did Gary Ives get?
100% yes
LANGUAGE AND AGE
What did Penelope Eckert argue?
There are different ways of denoting the concept of age
LANGUAGE AND AGE
What were Eckert’s three types of age?
Chronological age, biological age and social age
LANGUAGE AND AGE
Define chronological age
Number of years since birth
LANGUAGE AND AGE
Define biological age
Physical maturity
LANGUAGE AND AGE
Define social age
Linked to life events such as marriage and children
LANGUAGE AND AGE
Give three features of teen speak
- Taboo language
- Verbal duelling
- Irregular turn taking
LANGUAGE AND AGE
What does Eckert say slang is established for?
It is established for youths to differentiate themselves from the older generation
LANGUAGE AND AGE
What type of word is LOL?
A pragmatic particle
LANGUAGE AND SEXUALITY
When was gay marriage made legal in England and Wales?
2013
LANGUAGE AND SEXUALITY
What can the study of language and gender be classified as?
Heteronormative, because it doesn’t consider those who may identify as trans, or gender-neutral
LANGUAGE AND SEXUALITY
What is a language stereotype of lesbians?
They use masculine language
LANGUAGE AND SEXUALITY
What is a language stereotype of gay men?
They use more effeminise language
LANGUAGE AND SEXUALITY
What is a stereotype of bisexual language?
They use genderfluid talk
LANGUAGE AND SEXUALITY
What are other issues with sexuality studies?
- Cultural bias
- Doesn’t consider all LGBT groups
- Sexuality is not a limited identity
LANGUAGE AND SEXUALITY
What does Dr Lucy Jones say about gender?
Gender is performative
LANGUAGE AND SEXUALITY
Describe the Kriesling case study
‘Frat boys and fuck stories’, one in a committed relationship but joined in sharing fuck stories
LANGUAGE AND SEXUALITY
What did Eckert find there to be a correlation between?
Popularity and gendered straight talk
LANGUAGE AND SEXUALITY
What did Zwicky find?
Homosexual men change their prosodic or paralinguistic features more than their vocabulary to create a less explicit homosexual code
LANGUAGE AND SEXUALITY
What does Zwicky say about gay men who use the voice?
They are marking a desire to differentiate themselves from heterosexual masculinity
