Social Network Approaches

Question 1

What are the two different types of network

Answer 1

closely knit

lose

Question 2

What are common features of a closely knit social network?

Answer 2

You are likely to know the same people from lots of different places, for example, you will:
work with them,
live in the same area,
meet up for other social events

Question 3

What are common features of a lose social network?

Answer 3

You know a lot of different people, all from different places. Therefore you have:
your work friends,
your neighbours,
the people you meet up with socially

Question 4

What is the hypothesis for a closely knit social network?

Answer 4

You will preserve your way of speaking because all the people you interact with also speak in the same way

Question 5

What is the hypothesis for a lose social network?

Answer 5

You will not preserve your way of speaking as much because you interact with a lot of different people and you accommodate your speech to fit in with each individual group.

Question 6

How do you define social class?

Answer 6

Each study has used different criteria to determine a person's social class 
The most popular include occupation, education and income

Question 7

How did Labov divide up and determine the different social classes?

Answer 7

Through the three critera and scored them. Overall 9 social classes:
1-5 = working class
6-8 = lower-middle class
9 = upper-middle class

Question 8

How did Trudgill divide up and determine the different social classes?

Answer 8

Used 6 factors: 
occupation, income, education, type of housing, locality, father's occupation
Overall 5 social factors:
middle middle class
lower middle class
upper working class
middle working class
lower working class