English Language Theorists Paper Two
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- Created on: 01-06-19 12:24
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- Theorists
- Social Class
- Trudgill
- Higher Class spoke more RP
- Cheshire
- Lower class use less RP, Higher class use more
- Labov
- Differences in accent links to class
- Trudgill
- Occupation
- Giles
- Change the way we speak to suit audience
- Swales
- Discourse community people who work in the same occupation understand each other
- Drew and Heritage
- Professional lexis is goal orientated and full of instructions
- Giles
- Language Change
- Prescriptivist
- Humphreys
- Dislikes text speech
- Technology hinders language e.g 'brb' 'lyfe'
- Deutscher
- Today's generation are leading children not being able to speak or write correctly
- Humphreys
- Descriptivist
- Crystal
- Language is influenced by society
- Technology is not damaging language
- Trudgill
- Change in meaning does not create confusion
- Crystal
- Prescriptivist
- Workplace and Gender
- Holmes
- Women managers are more likely to negotiate
- Eakins & Eakins
- Men dominated meetings spoke 11-17 seconds and women 3-10 seconds
- Holmes
- Gender
- Cameron
- Women stereotyped to speak RP or SE
- Tannen
- Women speak to gain confirmation
- Men speak to gain dominance
- Cameron
- World Englishes
- Kachrus Circles
- Shows the spread of English
- Inner; UK,USA Outer; India, Singapore Expanding; Europe, Japan
- Diagram
- Schneider Dynamic Model
- How language is evolved through competition and selection
- Kachrus Circles
- Region and Dialect
- Giles
- Change the way we speak to suit the audience
- Labov
- Young speakers less likely to use RP
- Trudgill
- Many accents do not use Standard English e.g. 'Walkin'
- Giles
- Social Class
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