Studies of MLE

Question 1

Which 2 linguists studied 4 men in South London?

Answer 1

Pichler and Williams

Question 2

What did Pichler and Williams wish to find in their study?

Answer 2

How the men created identity through language use

Question 3

Name one of the four men Pichler and Williams studied

Answer 3

Nathaniel

Question 4

Who’s work and what concept did Pichler and Williams use in their study?

Answer 4

Silverstein’s cultural concepts

Question 5

What do Silversteins cultural concepts say?

Answer 5

Language use does not have a straightforward interpretation

Question 6

Who did Drummond study?

Answer 6

A group of teenagers in Manchester

Question 7

Which phonological variations did Drummond study?

Answer 7

Variations of “th”

Question 8

What did Drummond find with “th” when words started with “th”?

Answer 8

They were replaced with “f”

Question 9

What is it called when “th” is replaced with “f”?

Answer 9

th-fronting

Question 10

What was a variation other than “th” being replaced with “f” that Drummond found?

Answer 10

Found “th” was replaced with “t”

Question 11

How did Drummond feel about the findings of “th” being replaced with “t”?

Answer 11

He was not expecting it

Question 12

What did Drummond conclude with “th” being replaced with “t” among Manchester teenagers?

Answer 12

That it was a new feature

Question 13

What did Drummond find was the main factor for Manchester teenagers using “t” instead of “th”?

Answer 13

If they listened to Grime music

Question 14

What context did Drummond find th-stopping was used in the most?

Answer 14

When participants were trying to act tough

Question 15

Which new pronoun did Cheshire discover in MLE?

Answer 15

“Man”

Question 16

Which pronoun does “man” replace?

Answer 16

“You”

Question 17

Can “Man” be used in the singular and plural form?

Answer 17

Yes

Question 18

Which gender uses the pronoun “man” more in MLE?

Answer 18

Men

Question 19

Which 2 linguists studied the use of was/were in MLE?

Answer 19

Cheshire, Kerswill

Question 20

What did Kerswill and Cheshire find in Hackney?

Answer 20

There was competition between the use of “Wasn’t” and “Weren’t”

Question 21

What were Kerswill and Cheshire studying?

Answer 21

Competition between “Was” and “Were”

Question 22

What conclusion did Cheshire and Kerswill come to for explaining competition between “Was” and “Were”?

Answer 22

It was due to the language contact situation in London

Question 23

Which 2 linguists studied the use of Articles in MLE?

Answer 23

Fox, Torgersen

Question 24

Which 2 articles did Fox and Torgersen study?

Answer 24

“A” and “The”

Question 25

Which article is indefinite and which one is definite out of "A" and "The"?

Answer 25

"A" is indefinite, "The" is definite

Question 26

What was the usual use of the "e" phoneme in "The" when it pre-modified a word starting with a vowel?

Answer 26

It would be an "e" sound

Question 27

What was the use of the "e" phoneme in "The" when it pre-modified a word starting with a consonant?

Answer 27

It would be an "uh" sound

Question 28

What did Fox and Torgersen find with the phonological elements of "The" and "A"?

Answer 28

They were not being used in a standard way

Question 29

How was "The" used when pre-modifying words starting with a vowel in MLE?

Answer 29

It was said like "thuh"