Language and Social Class/Gender - Peter Trudgill

?
  • Created by: HJC123
  • Created on: 26-01-17 21:11
When did Trudgill carry out his study?
1970
1 of 5
How did he group his subjects?
By social class and sex
2 of 5
What did he want to find out from his study?
If, for example, subjects dropped the final 'g' and pronounced this as '-in' in words such as 'swimming' and other verbs ending in '-ing'
3 of 5
What did Trudgill find out from the study?
Found men were less likely and women more likely to use the prestige pronunciation of certain speech sounds
4 of 5
Which language theorist could these findings be linked to/support?
Lakoff (the idea that women use hypercorrect grammar/pronunciation)
5 of 5

Other cards in this set

Card 2

Front

How did he group his subjects?

Back

By social class and sex

Card 3

Front

What did he want to find out from his study?

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

What did Trudgill find out from the study?

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Which language theorist could these findings be linked to/support?

Back

Preview of the front of card 5

Comments

No comments have yet been made

Similar English Language resources:

See all English Language resources »See all Language and gender resources »