Language Variation and Change

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Decks in this class (40)

Peter Trudgill - Social Variation
Where and when did trudgill s stu...,
What were the three different lin...,
Give an example of h dropping
19  cards
Trudgill's Triangles - Social Variation
What do trudgill s triangles show,
What does the y axis show of thes...,
What does the x axis show of thes...
6  cards
Jennifer Cheshire - Social Variation (Networks)
Where and when did cheshire carry...,
How does her study differ from tr...,
What was cheshire s methodology
16  cards
Malcolm Petyt - Social Variation
Where and when did petyt s study ...,
What was the main linguistic vari...,
How did he divide up the differen...
11  cards
James and Lesley Milroy - Social Variation (Networks)
Where and when did this study tak...,
What were the three communities t...,
What were the social features of ...
16  cards
Social Network Approaches
What are the two different types ...,
What are common features of a clo...,
What are common features of a los...
8  cards
William Labov - Social Variation
Where and when did this study tak...,
What were the different places th...,
Who were the people he studied at...
16  cards
Slang
What term can be used to describe...,
What do modern linguists believe ...,
What sort of modes and forms does...
20  cards
Bernstein: Codes - Social Formation
What is the theory by bernstein,
What do these codes allow,
What orientation does restricted ...
20  cards
World Englishes - Theorists
Who are the three main theorists ...,
What does quirk believe,
What does bamgbose believe
36  cards
Language and Gender - The Four Models
What are the four models for lang...,
What are the models known as,
What are the two main questions t...
23  cards
Theorists for Language and Gender - Interruptions
Who did a study in 1975,
What did zimmerman and wests stud...,
What did zimmerman and wests stud...
17  cards
Theorists for Language and Gender - Verbosity
Who did a study in 1990,
What did herrings study look at,
What did herrings study find
10  cards
Theorists for Language and Gender - Minimal Responses + Backchanneling
Whos study has information on the...,
What did the study look at,
What did coates believe in womens...
6  cards
Theorists for Language and Gender - Hedging + Tag Questions
Who did a study in 1975,
What did lakoffs study look at,
What was a flaw in lakoffs study
25  cards
Theorists for Language and Gender - Commands and Directives
Who did a study in 1990,
What did wests study look at,
What did wests study find
9  cards
Theorists for Language and Gender - Compliments
Who did a study in 1988,
What did holmes study look at,
What did holmes study find
14  cards
Theorists for Language and Gender - Taboo Language
Who did a study in 1981,
What did gomms study look at,
What did gomms study find
10  cards
Lakoff's "Women's Language Features"
What is lakoffs belief about wome...,
What does lakoff believe about he...,
What are empty adjectives and wha...
20  cards
Estuary English - Regional Variation
When was the term estuary english...,
What sort of accent is it and whe...,
What accent is it very similar to
17  cards
Pidgins
What is a pidgin a combination of,
Why do pidgins exist,
What sort of circumstances do pid...
24  cards
Creoles
How do creoles form,
What does the lexis and grammar o...,
What is particular about differen...
14  cards
Typical Features of Pidgins and Creoles
Where is the lexis of pidgin lang...,
What are common lexifier languages,
Where is the grammar of pidgin la...
23  cards
Kachru's Circles
When was this model carried out,
What are the three circles that k...,
What countries are included in th...
26  cards
World Englishes - Features and Attitudes
What is the assumption of natives...,
How is english seen in the areas ...,
What is considered of colonialise...
15  cards
Regional Varieties Checklist
What phonological features do you...,
What do you need to look for in v...,
What do you need to look for in c...
23  cards
Conversation Theory
Who came up with the cooperative ...,
What are the cooperative principl...,
How did grice see the feature of ...
46  cards
Black British English, MEYD, London Jamaican
Why did london jamaican evolve,
Who did research into the london ...,
What did sebba describe the londo...
26  cards
Attitudes Towards Accents (Giles)
What were the three criteria whic...,
How many of these criteria do peo...,
What are the words that people us...
25  cards
Accommodation Theory
Who and when came up with this th...,
What does the theory suggest,
What does accommodation result in
16  cards
Dialects, Sociolects, Idiolects
What is a dialect,
How many dialects does each langu...,
Why are they called dialects and ...
24  cards
Dialect Levelling, Koineisation and Code Switching
What dialect is particularly usef...,
What is the general concept of di...,
Who did research supporting this ...
12  cards
Gender and Conversation
What is the common assumption of ...,
Who did research which suggests t...,
What did fisherman suggest on who...
14  cards
Male and Female Differences
What is the main difference in me...,
What have reachers found about me...,
What are two studies which show t...
22  cards
Occupational Dialects and Jargon
What are occupational dialects,
What do occupational dialects all...,
What do occupational dialects all...
17  cards
Anti-languages
Who came up with the concepts of ...,
How many features are there of an...,
What are anti languages
13  cards
Sociolinguistic Maturation
What is the concept of sociolingu...,
What is the age that sociolinguis...,
What happens after sociolinguisti...
7  cards
Sexuality and Language - Polari
Who did research into polari,
What did his research focus on,
Who was it predominantly used by ...
12  cards
Jamaican Creole
0  cards
Isoglosses and Dialect Boundaries
What is an isogloss,
What is an isophone,
What do isoglosses and isophones ...
12  cards

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