Sociolinguistic Theories
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- Sociolinguistic Theories
- Michael Rosen- All speakers are all bi-dialectal, we should celebrate our ability to code-switch. Some versions of slang are not stigmatised (Eton Slang), this is a reflection of classism.
- Lindsay Johns- Mentors young black people in London. Code switching does not work- we will revert back to our natural dialect in stressful but important situations (job interviews). SE is the key to social mobility, using NS forms puts the speaker at a disadvantage, it makes them look uneducated and lazy.
- Lindsay Johns- Mentors young black people in London. Code switching does not work- we will revert back to our natural dialect in stressful but important situations (job interviews). SE is the key to social mobility, using NS forms puts the speaker at a disadvantage, it makes them look uneducated and lazy.
- Milroy & Milroy- NS forms are not inferior to SE in terms of grammatical function. The NS 2nd person pronoun 'youse' is more flexible, it shows the speaker is addressing multiple people.
- Rob Drummond- SE has prestige behind it but this is arbitrary. It is only considered the standard dialect because it was what was spoken around the seat of power in south east England in the 1700s when language was becoming standardised.
- Rob Drummond criticises Lindsay Johns because he believes teaching children to only use SE and high-register lexis like 'ubiquitous' will isolate them from their peer groups.
- Rob Drummond criticises Lindsay Johns because he believes teaching children to only use SE and high-register lexis like 'ubiquitous' will isolate them from their peer groups.
- William Labov- AAVE creates 'no barrier to understanding', it has grammar rules just as complex as SE.
- Studies: Martha's vineyard- The locals pronounced diphthongs with a more central point to diverge from the tourists they disliked, they were seeking covert prestige. New York- Workers in stores considered to be more 'high-class' were found to have a higher use of rhoticity in their careful speech, seeking overt prestige.
- John Baugh- Studied 'linguistic profiling' by calling estate agents in Palo Alto, California using both a strong AAVE and SE dialect. He was less likely to be called back when using AAVE.
- John Honey- Believes SE is superior because that is what is used in important contexts such as parliament and education. SE is more versatile and easier to understand. We are disadvantaging children if we do not enforce SE use in schools.
- Lynne Truss- A pedant: criticises particular NS grammar such as using the determiner 'less' with countable nouns or the NS use of possessive apostrophes.
- Examples:
- Former member of the House of Lords Digby Jones criticised Alex Scott's accent on BBC coverage of the 2020 Olympics (she was pronouncing gerunds such as 'boxing' without the 'g'). Scott said she was proud of her 'working class background''. He says it is a question of 'elocution' not of 'class'
- Sacred Heart School in Middlesbrough criticised children's language use and told parents it was not appropriate for the educational environment. ('three' pronounced 'free', 'I done that' instead of 'I did that')
- A Birmingham accent is considered the least pleasant according to many surveys in the UK (It's considered 'thuggish' or 'stupid'). However, when Americans with no knowledge of Birmingham are asked, they do not find it offensive, it may be more about our associations to a place rather than the accent itself.
- Michael Rosen- All speakers are all bi-dialectal, we should celebrate our ability to code-switch. Some versions of slang are not stigmatised (Eton Slang), this is a reflection of classism.
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