Cheshire & Eckert

Question 1

Eckert (2000)

Answer 1

focused on her observational research on the social practices of American high-school students. ‘Jocks’ participated in school life and ‘burnouts’ rebelled

Question 2

Findings

Answer 2

the ‘burnouts’ more often used the exaggerated pronunciation associated with the urban accent of their Detroit neighbourhood. The ‘jocks’ spoke in a socially prestigious way, reflecting their middle class backgrounds

Question 3

Cheshire (1982)

Answer 3

recorded the speech groups of teenagers in an adventure playground in Reading. she found that the ‘toughest’ girls and boys conformed to the group use of non standard grammatical forms like ‘ain’t’

Question 4

Ethnolect

Answer 4

language thought to be characteristic of a particular ethnic group

Question 5

Familect

Answer 5

language used within a family

Question 6

Genderlect

Answer 6

language distinctive of either men or women

Question 7

Sociolect

Answer 7

style of language used within a particular social group