Bradford/MLE

Question 1

Multicultural London English

Answer 1

‘it has West Indian and South Asian, Cockney and Estuary roots and is most prevalent in East London, among people with few opportunities

Question 2

code-switching

Answer 2

occurs when a bilingual speaker will use and alternate between different languages whilst talking

Question 3

Gary Ives study

Answer 3

Pujabi students distinguished themselves from those they termed ‘freshies’ meaning those born in Pakistan who moved to England. Influenced by media and created a social identity that excludes outsiders

Question 4

Features of their speech

Answer 4

replacing standard English verb forms ‘chatting’ meaning talking
Changing a noun to a verb - hype - hyping
changing an abstract noun to a less abstract form ‘madness’