Language Variation (social)
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William Labov = Prestige - the satus it holds within society
Overt prestige - status valued and shared by mainstream society
Covert prestige - status shared by minority groups in society, usually with alternative/opposing values to mainstream society.
Labov did a study into pronounciation…
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