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Labov Departmet store study
Examaned the pronunciation of 'r' in 'fourth floor' from 3 department stores associated with social class & found that upper have a stronger pronuciation of 'r' where as working class had least. Middle class had highest shift when asked to repeate.
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Jenny cheshire
Was looking at relationship between the use of non-standard variables & adherence to peer group norms. Aquired data over 8 months. Found distiction between attitudes to crime and use of covertly prestigious language and use of non standard variables.
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Trudgill
Norwich study, looking at how your gender effects the language you use; monitored men & women & found that women are more likely to use overt prestigious language.Men are more likely to use covertly prestigious language.
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Malcome Petyt
looking at the correlation between social class and ‘h’ dropping.Examined speech of locals in Bradford, divided people into groups of social class. strong correlation between social class & h dropping middle had lower chance of h dropping.
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Bernstein
Elaborated & restricted code; looked at how children used the idea of E&R code, & how it links to their social class. Made prediction that the lower your social class then the more likely you are to use R code. Corrected himself proved no corrolation
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Was looking at relationship between the use of non-standard variables & adherence to peer group norms. Aquired data over 8 months. Found distiction between attitudes to crime and use of covertly prestigious language and use of non standard variables.

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Jenny cheshire

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Norwich study, looking at how your gender effects the language you use; monitored men & women & found that women are more likely to use overt prestigious language.Men are more likely to use covertly prestigious language.

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looking at the correlation between social class and ‘h’ dropping.Examined speech of locals in Bradford, divided people into groups of social class. strong correlation between social class & h dropping middle had lower chance of h dropping.

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Elaborated & restricted code; looked at how children used the idea of E&R code, & how it links to their social class. Made prediction that the lower your social class then the more likely you are to use R code. Corrected himself proved no corrolation

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