William Labov
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- William Labov
- New York Study
- >Interviewed people within New York department stores to research correlation between class and 'elite' pronunciation
- >Found that lower classes would pronounce vernacular 'r' or sometimes wouldn't at all
- >Also found that, within any class, female vernacular is less likely than male
- Martha's Vineyard Study
- >Interviewed a small native population and a small tourist population on a US island
- >Found that within locals (especially fishermen and 30-45 year-old's) accent was becoming more accentuated
- >Fishermen were becoming subconsciously more accentuated to show their identity as part of the island community
- >30-45 year-old's mimicked the fishermen's behaviour to secure the idea of their island community, also done subconsciously
- Definition of Class
- >Defined 9 levels of class based upon education, occupation and income
- >Classes 1-5 were working class
- >Classes 6-8 were middle class
- New York Study
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