age - jenny cheshire

Question 1

what did jenny cheshire look at?

Answer 1

• 11 non-standard forms used by children against their adherence to the law on the playground at a school in Reading

Question 2

what did these non-standard forms include?

Answer 2

• multiple negation (double negatives)
• non-standard use of interrogative pronoun ‘what’
• non-standard use of ain’t being used as a copular verb

Question 3

all children that approved of criminal activities within their …. …. were … likely to use …-…… forms. more …. than …. approved. this means we can deduce that non-standard …… are conscious choices in language

Answer 3

all children that approved of criminal activities within their peer group were more likely to use non-standard forms. more boys than girls approved. this means we can deduce that non-standard variations are conscious choices in language

Question 4

those who abide by the law clearly gain their ….. in an …. way from behaving. the ….. ….. of using the non-standard forms fits in with the breaking of ….. - these children ….. against the rules in the same way they rebel against ….. …..

Answer 4

those who abide by the law clearly gain their prestige in an overt way from behaving. the covert prestige of using the non-standard forms fits in with the breaking of laws - these children rebel against the rules in the same way they rebel against social norms