Peter Trudgill Attitudes and Norwich Study
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- Peter Trudgill
- No language is better than another
- All languages are complex structures, they meet the communi-cative needs of their speakers
- If something can be conveyed in one language, it can be conveyed in every other in a round about way.
- There is no 'linguistic yardstick' in evaluating one dialect or accent as better than another
- Some believe that Standard English is the true English Language
- Judgements about accents and dialects are in fact judgements about the area they come from and the social connotations of the area.
- Some believe that Standard English is the true English Language
- There is no 'linguistic yardstick' in evaluating one dialect or accent as better than another
- If something can be conveyed in one language, it can be conveyed in every other in a round about way.
- All languages are complex structures, they meet the communi-cative needs of their speakers
- The Norwich Study Part 1
- Trudgill interviewed people from different social backgrounds and analysed his own speech in these conversations
- Trudgill noted that those interviewed dropped the 't' in conversation and used glottal stop
- Trudgill also noted that he also mirrored these people and started using glottal stops.
- Trudgill was downward converging to the interviewees and when speaking to males more non-standard forms were used
- Trudgill also noted that he also mirrored these people and started using glottal stops.
- Trudgill noted that those interviewed dropped the 't' in conversation and used glottal stop
- The Norwich Study Part 2
- There is a clear relationship between the usage of 'h' and social class in Norwich and Bradford
- The higher the social class, the more usage of 'h'
- Bradford upper middle class pronounced 88% of 'h's
- Bradford lower working class pronounced 7% of 'h's
- Norwich upper middle class pronounced 94% of 'h's
- Norwich lower working class pronounced 40% of 'h's
- Norwich upper middle class pronounced 94% of 'h's
- Bradford lower working class pronounced 7% of 'h's
- Bradford upper middle class pronounced 88% of 'h's
- The higher the social class, the more usage of 'h'
- There is a clear relationship between the usage of 'h' and social class in Norwich and Bradford
- Trudgill interviewed people from different social backgrounds and analysed his own speech in these conversations
- No language is better than another
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