AS English Language AQAB Trudgill and Cheshire's theories

Why women use overt prestige and more prestigious language :)

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What did Trudgill say about Language and gender?
Studied men and women's social class accents- found that women's pronunciation was closer to RP (more prestigous)
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When did trudgill conduct this study?
1983
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What did Cheshire say about language and gender?
studied speech in adolescent boys and girls- found that boys tend to use more non-standard grammatical froms that girls e.g. "ain't"
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What do Trudgill and Cheshire's theories say in different ways about women's language?
That women are more likely to seek overt prestige than men by using standard forms and RP.
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What did Trudgill and Cheshire say about men?
That men are more likely to seek covert prestige by using non standard english.
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1st possible reason for women using more prestigous forms and men using less?
Women feel inferior to men in society-use more prestigious language to overcome that.
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2nd possible reason?
Society expects higher standards from women that men- ladylike language e.g. not swearing or arguing.
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3rd possible reason?
Men already have a higher status than women so do not need to use overt prestige, they therefore use covert prestige to seem tough and rebellious.
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4th possible reason?
This sort of language is traditionally associated with working class men, so men might use it to show they share traditional 'manly' qualities e.g. tough and down-to-earth.
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1983

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When did trudgill conduct this study?

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studied speech in adolescent boys and girls- found that boys tend to use more non-standard grammatical froms that girls e.g. "ain't"

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That women are more likely to seek overt prestige than men by using standard forms and RP.

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That men are more likely to seek covert prestige by using non standard english.

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