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Mark Sebba researched this blend of influences.
London Jamaican creole
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Trustworthiness is percieved more readily in some accents than others. this was studied by?
Howard Giles in the 1970s
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2000 onwards Sue Fox studied the language of young people in London. What did she find?
range of speakers use MYED & MLE. It's influences include: W.Indian, W-african, Bangladeshi & cultural influences from Music
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Janet Holmes anaylsed mixed sex conversation in New Zealand, what did she find?
Women use referential, affective and tag questions more than men.
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Labov's prestige forms of language, found accent to be related to social class. elaborate?
Some mainstream language forms like Standadrd English and RP =OVERT PRESTIGE, seen as prestigious. Other forms of language get COVERT PRESTIGE by deviating from mainstream (slang)
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1980 Dale Spender recorded mixed sex conversations & recorded the amount they spoke. What did he find?
Men spoke 2/3s of the time. Women spoke supportively to facilitate this.
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Malcom Petyt researched social class in 1985, where and what did he find?
Bradford - working class users more likely to use non-standard pronunciation and H-drop than Upper class.
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Lave & Wenger studied groups that shared a profession or interest (tailors/reformed alcoholics/midwives) in 1991, what'd they theorise?
People in frequent contact learn language from each other & strengthen the particular that they use.
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What did David Rosewarne theorise?
Estuary English is expanding & may replace RP
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Who studied that Estuary English is speading geographically and what were suggested causes?
Joanna Przedlacka - Media influences & growth of new towns surrounding London.
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Michael Halliday came up with features of what? (pg.78)
Anti Language
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Jean Aitchison created 3 models for English Language Decay, what were they?
The Damp spoon, Crumbling Castle, Infectious disease
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Jennifer Cheshire (Reading) looked at socialc lass, what were her findings?
Groups were selected by attitudes towards petty crime/swearing not social class to influence the frequency of non-standard language. Results were less consistent compared to Trudgill
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Janet Hyde did a meta-analysis of gender studies into language and she found that..?
Men & Women were more often shown to be using language similarly.
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Who in 1970-1990 found that men dominate mixed sex conversaton and often don't respond to womens questions, trying to build dialogue.
Pamela Fishman
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What did Charles Hockett theorise?
Random fluctuation - 'Book' to @cool' synonyms because of texting, a random event in the real world.
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Who theorised that women & men use language differently?
Deborah Tannen
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Who reasearched status & solidarity, asking undergrads their view in the 80s?
Ellen Ryan
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Functionalism theorises what?
Language changes to meet real-world needs.
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Peter Trudgill carried out research in Norwich, 1974. What;'d he find.
Men & women used regional accent less at the top of the social scale. Wome spoke more formally in all sitches.
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