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1
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when was Mark Sebba’s study

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1993

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what was the focus group of Mark Sebba’s study

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London Jamaican speakers

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who was studied in Mark Sebba’s study

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young, new generation speakers born into London’s carribean communities

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what generation speakers were studied in Mark Sebba’s study

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2nd or 3rd generation

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true or false the people studied in Mark Sebba’s study had Jamaican parents

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true

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what was the combination of languages found in these speakers - Mark Sebba’s study

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carribean creole
cockney
standard English

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what were the concepts in Sue Fox’s study

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MEYD and MLE

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8
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who was studied in Sue Fox’s study

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teens from a variety of different backgrounds

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9
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when was Sue Fox’s study

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early 2000’s

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10
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what did Sue Fox find

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a variety of multi- ethnic youth dialects she calls multi-cultural London English

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where did strong influences come from in Sue Fox’s study

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other languages and creoles

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12
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what other cities are noted to use MLE in Sue Fox’s study

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Bristol and Birmingham

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13
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who speaks MLE - Sue Fox’s study

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black, white and asian communities

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14
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at what rate does MLE change - Sue Fox’s study

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rapidly with trends

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15
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at what rate does MLE change - Sue Fox’s study

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rapidly with trends

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16
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what are some attitudes towards MLE in Sue Fox’s study

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it is fake or put on
‘Jamaican’

17
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what was Nicholas Ostler’s main view on world English

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it will go the same way other languages have in history.

as American and English powers decline its influence will

18
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what did Nicholas Ostler say may overtake English

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technology

19
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why may tech take over English in the future - Nicholas Ostler

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it will allow us to translate any language allowing us to speak a language of our choice

20
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what did Graddol say about English

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the growth of English may lose its momentum

21
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what 3 circles of English did Graddol say may overlap

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L1, L2 and EFL

22
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who is the centre of gravity shifting towards according to Graddol

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L2 speakers

23
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who will overtake only English speakers

A

multilingual speakers

24
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what was Mcarthur’s view on language change

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English is going through such change it will fracture into a family of languages

25
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true or false Mcarthur states there is a world standard English

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true

26
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what is one drawback to Mcarthur’s model

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doesn’t recognise all social dialects

27
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what was David Crystal’s main view towards the spread of English

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its momentum is so great nothing is likely to stop it as a lingua franca

28
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what is a drawback of Braj Kachru’s 3 circle model

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it de-legitamises the outer circle speakers

29
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who coined the 3 circle model

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Braj Kachru

30
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when was Braj Kachru’s 3 circle model made

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1985

31
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inner circle examples of speakers in Braj Kachru’s 3 circle model

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UK, Canada

32
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outer circle examples in Braj Kachru’s 3 circle model

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India, Nigeria

33
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expanding circle examples in Braj Kachru’s 3 circle model

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china, russia