Language and Social Class/Gender - Peter Trudgill 0.0 / 5 ? English LanguageLanguage and genderLanguage and social classA2/A-levelAQA Created by: HJC123Created 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
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