TOPICAL LANGUAGE ISSUES Flashcards
PETER TRUDGILL
Performed a study and found that posher accents are deemed more credible- received pronunciation ranking highest
TONY THORNE
Says slang is a way with fitting in with others
PATRICK HOGAN
Language is a frail creature on the verge of extinction
TONY THORNE PURE PLAY
“Slang is just ‘pure play’ and is a form of ‘bonding and lexical innovation”
KOESTER
Says that power in conversation is achieved through use of jargon
CHILD LANG AQ- BRUNNER+SKINNER
Brunner= “children develop language by being read stories”
skinner= “children acquire language by imitating others
CHILD LANG AQ- CHOMSKY+PIAGET
CHOMSKY= children are born with language acquisition devises-have language skills imbedded in them
PIAGET= lang is acquired through experiences
JULIA STANLEY (1977)
Over 200 words for a woman in her sexual aspect, mostly pejorative
And less than 50 for men, most being honorific
GENDER TINGS
MARKED TERMS
PRONOUNS
FIREMAN POLICE MAN (lack of gender neutral terms)
DEROGATORY WORDS
SOCIALLY CONSTRUCTED DEROGATORY WORDS
SEMANTIC DEROGATION- MISTRESS AND MISTER ONCE HAD SAME MEANING, MISTRESS GREW TO GAIN NEGATIVE CONNOTATIONS- WHY NOT MISTER?
POWER/LANGUAGE TINGS
DIALECT- TONE DOWN FOR APPROPRIATE SITUATIONS STANDARD FORM SPOKEN ENGLISH-NECESSARY SLANG INFLUENTIAL/INSTRUMENTAL COVERT/OVERT PRESTIGE
OVERT PRESTIGE
The prestige that comes with using the type of language that is nationally recognised- received pronunciation- deemed as more intelligent+well educated
Women use more overtly prestigious forms due to their social insecurities - certain dialect considered rough and masculine
COVERT PRESTIGE
Prestige that comes with group loyalty and solidarity.
Show class+region by sticking to non-standard forms/ mainly men
TECHNOLOGY TINGS
EMOJIS
INITIALISMS
ACRONYMS
LAZINESS
