NSE/SE Theories

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Lindsey Johns
Banned the use of slang in his classrooms, believes children cannot code switch and that talking in NSE will harm their future chances. Thinks NSE makes people look ignorant and lazy. SE is the key to social mobility.
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John Honey
SE must be correct if it is the language we use to teach in schools. It is the most versatile form of language, as it can be used in both formal and informal situations. Wants there to be an English Language Authority like the one in France to monitor lan
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Michael Rosen
Believes children do have the ability to code-switch. Thinks we should take slang and study it. Highlights how banning it doesn't work if it has been used but shamed for hundreds of years We all speak in slang, just some types are more stigmatised than ot
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Milroy and Milroy
SE has its flaws and is not superior to NSE. The superiority of a form of language is impossible to prove. The NS second person plural pronoun 'youse' actually makes language clearer.
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Rob Drummond
SE is arbitrary, just because it was the variety spoken where the seat of power was in the 1700s (SE England). SE is not actually better than NSE, it just has more power behind it. Demonising NSE can make people ashamed of their language. We should celebr
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John Baugh
Researched the idea of linguistic profiling, he was less likely to get calls back from Palo Alto estate agents if he spoke in AAVE. He believes we shouldn't judge people based on how they speak.
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Lynne Truss
Dislikes incorrect grammar, such as 'less' instead of 'fewer' in '10 items or less'. Thinks prescriptivists complain about the literacy crisis too much, when we should be taking action to help our children.
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Trudgill
Norwich study, men more likely to seek overt prestige, women covert. All social classes dropped the 'g' on 'ing'.
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Labov
Study on Martha's Vineyard. The locals spoke more like the fisherman, changing the pronunciation of diphthongs to have a more central point. This was to distinguish themselves from tourists. Also found AAVE created no barrier to understanding. In a New Yo
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Trudgill and Labov
Found children with working-class accents were seen to have less academic potential, while those speaking in RP were perceived as rude or haughty.
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Jenny Cheshire
In a study in Reading, found young people used language to set themselves apart but also to feel belonging to a group. For example those who valued danger and weapons used more NSE. If someone's language didn't fit, neither did they.
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David Crystal
NSE dialects have been neglected for centuries. SE is actually very rare, we just believe it to be universal and better because it is used disproportionately at important events and on TV broadcasts/radio.
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Pippa Bailey
Thinks pedanty is not a love of language but comes from an elitist attitude and a desire to put others down. She thinks it's important that the dictionary adds words like 'bae' because it teaches children their voices matter and are worthy of preserving.
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Oliver Kamm
No one actually says 'fewer than 10 miles', there are no genuine rules that dictate how we should say things, it is the mark of a pedant to imagine there is only one way which is correct.
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Sacred Heart School
Wrote a letter home to parents claiming the children's use of NSE is a 'problem' and that they should 'make progress' to use SE by having the parents correct them. Included a table to educate parents E.g 'I have done it' not 'I done it' and 'Letter' not '
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SE must be correct if it is the language we use to teach in schools. It is the most versatile form of language, as it can be used in both formal and informal situations. Wants there to be an English Language Authority like the one in France to monitor lan

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Believes children do have the ability to code-switch. Thinks we should take slang and study it. Highlights how banning it doesn't work if it has been used but shamed for hundreds of years We all speak in slang, just some types are more stigmatised than ot

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SE has its flaws and is not superior to NSE. The superiority of a form of language is impossible to prove. The NS second person plural pronoun 'youse' actually makes language clearer.

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SE is arbitrary, just because it was the variety spoken where the seat of power was in the 1700s (SE England). SE is not actually better than NSE, it just has more power behind it. Demonising NSE can make people ashamed of their language. We should celebr

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