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English Language - Language Diversity - Sociolects

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Decks in this class (10)

Introduction of Sociolects
Define sociolects,
Where may an evaluative essay on ...,
What might you be asked to do wit...
4  cards
Slang
Define cant,
Define jargon,
What can jargon also be called
10  cards
Influence of Social Class/Groups on how we speak: Labov
What does bourdieu create the con...,
What concept did bourdieu create ...,
What does post vocalic mean
9  cards
Influence of Social Class/Groups on how we speak: Trudgill
What 3 phonemes did trudgill inve...,
How many social classes did trudg...,
What did the social classes range...
9  cards
Influence of Social Class/Groups on how we speak: Bernstein
What did bernstein ask his studen...,
Which social class of students we...,
Which social class of students we...
16  cards
Influence of Social Class/Groups on how we speak: Snell
When did she do her research,
Was her research more qualitative...,
Why was her research qualitative
24  cards
Influence of Social Class/Groups on how we speak: Cheshire
When did cheshire do her study,
Who was cheshire studying,
How many speech features was ches...
7  cards
Influence of Social Class/Groups on how we speak: Moore
What was moore attempting to find...,
How was was used in the social gr...,
How was were used in the social g...
29  cards
Influence of Social Class/Groups on how we speak: Eckert
When did eckert conduct her resea...,
How many social groups did eckert...,
Name the 2 social groups that eck...
29  cards
Lecture: Spoken Language and Identity
What 2 ways can language be looke...,
Define inter speaker variation,
Define inter speaker variation
29  cards

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