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Created on: 29-03-21 21:18

who carried out the Martha's Vineyard study and when?

William Labov (1963)

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what were the average population vs tourist numbers on Martha's Vineyard in 1963?

5,800 vs 60,000

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what did Labov find about how native Vineyarders used diphthongs?

centralised them more, use of centralised diphthongs increased in more rural areas as well as among 35-40 year olds and the lower classes

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why did the Vineyarders centralise their diphthongs?

to differentiate themselves from the American tourists who they disliked - it created a sense of social identity

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why did students of Pakistani origin in Bradford schools use a mix of English and Punjabi in their speech?

to differentiate from their white peers as well as those born in Pakistan rather than the UK

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where did many of the words used by students in a London school have origins in?

Afro-Caribbean origins

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why did the lexical choices in London not relate to ethnicity like in Bradford?

it was more to do with area - people would use this language regardless of ethnicity due to it being the norm for the area

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why is Received Pronunciation (RP) often seen in a good light?

seen as evidence of a good education and higher class

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what is dialect levelling?

the process where regional dialects converge over time

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who argued that dialect levelling was caused by better transport leading to the disruption of close-knit communities and when?

Leslie Milroy (2002)

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why might people have different ideas on accents and why can it be problematic?

people see certain accents as more trustworthy, ****, posh etc. - people with what might be considered a working-class accent may be denied work as they are seen as uneducated

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who carried out the study of one person speaking RP and a Birmingham accent to two different groups of 17 year olds and when?

Howard Giles (1975)

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what did Giles find?

the use of RP prompted students to rate the person higher in terms of intelligence and competence

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