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what is the name of otto jesperson’s theory?

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deficit theory

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what year did otto jesperson conduct his research?

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1922

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what is jesperson’s deficit theory?

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-idea that men’s language is the standard
-womens language is difference there insufficient and weaker

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what language forms did jesperson identify in women?

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-talk a lot, and think before they speak more
-use simpler words/ shorter sentences/ more adjectives and adverbs
-more exaggerating and emotional/ less direct
-more false starts/ unfinished sentences

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what language forms did jesperson identify in men?

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-wider vocabulary
-are the establishers of new English words

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what year did william labov conduct his ‘nyc department store study’?

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1966

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what is the name of william labov’s 1966 study?

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nyc department store study

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what socioeconomic class were more likely to use the rhotic r?

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upper/ upper middle

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what three department stores did he use for his study?

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-all on 5th avenue NYC
-Saks (upper middle)
-Macy’s (middle)
-S.Klein (working)

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how many responses did labov get from participants at the saks department store?

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71 participants

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how many responses did labov get from participants at the macy’s department store?

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125 participants

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how many responses did labov get from participants at the s.klein department store?

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68 participants

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what percent of the 71 participants at saks used a rhotic r?

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62% of 71

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what percent of the 125 participants at macy’s used a rhotic r?

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51% of 125 participants

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what percent of the 68 participants at s.klein used a rhotic r?

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20% of 68 participants

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what did labov ask the employees in order to elicit a response including a rhotic r use?

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‘where is x item’
‘on the fourth floor’

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what year did peter trudgill conduct his norwich study?

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1972

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what is the name of peter trudgill’s 1972 study?

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norwich study

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what 4 variable did trudgill take into account when selecting participants?

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-occupation
-education
-housing/location area
-income

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how many participants were involved in trudgill’s study?

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60 participants

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how did trudgill choose his participants

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randomly, from the electoral register

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why did trudgill take into account the 4 variables that he did?

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to observe overt and covert prestige

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which gender did trudgill record more non-standard forms of english in?

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men

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what did trudgill present participants with in order to elicit research content?

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questions about their jobs, education level, income etc

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what linguistic variable did trudgill focus on?
the pronunciation of '-ing' words
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what year did robin lakoff conduct her research?
1975
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what is the name of the theory robin lakoff conducted in 1975?
deficit theory (expanded from jesperson)
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what word forms did robin lakoff record more of in women?
-empty adjectives -tag questions -indirect commands -intensifiers -modal verbs
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what conversational forms did robin lakoff observe more in women?
-apologizing -backchanelling -hedging
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what language forms did robin lakoff observe less of in women?
-swearing -use of slang words -sense of humour
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what sorts of participants did lakoff use in her research?
all white, middle class, young adult women
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what year did lesley milroy conduct her belfast study?
1975
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what was the name of milroy's 1975 study?
belfast study
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define 'social network' in linguistic terms
a discourse community
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what are the 2 main categories of social networks?
open and closed
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define open social network
-participants do not necessarily know each other -lower density
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define closed social network
-small, more isolated and close-knit participants -higher density
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define multiplexity
when members of one social network know each other through another social network(s)
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what 3 areas of belfast did lesley milroy select to study?
-ballymacarrett -hammer -clonard
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what social class were predominantly present in the 3 areas of milroy's belfast study?
working class
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which phonological variables did milroy focus on in her study?
-'th' (in words such as 'mother' -'a' (in words such as 'hat')
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which gender used more non-standard forms of english in milroy's study?
men
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name one reason milroy suggested for men using non-standard english forms more than women?
they formed tighter-knit groups than women, who were more social
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what year did zimmerman and west conduct their research?
1976
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what theory did zimmerman and west investigate in their 1976 research?
dominance model
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how many conversations did zimmerman and west record?
31 conversations between 2 people at at time
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what genders made up zimmerman and west 31 recorded conversations?
-10 only female -10 only male -11 mixed gender
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what did zimmerman and west observe in men in their research?
-spoke more overall -interrupted/ talked over women more -delayed/minimal responses to women -rarely interrupted other men
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what did zimmerman and west observe more in women in their research?
-remained silent more/ for longer periods of time -only interrupted other women, not men
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what is the basis of the dominance model?
-language men use is superior and holds more dominance in society -language women use is seen as inferior
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why could the dominance model be seen as problematic?
it suggests that men's language is more important and valid than women's language
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what year did dale spender conduct her research?
1980
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what did dale spender conduct her research on?
dominance theory
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what did dale spender have in common with robin lakoff?
both referred to a 'women's language'
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what was dale spender's main contribution to the idea of the dominance theory?
language determines the limits of society
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what year did esther greif conduct her supporting research?
1980
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which theorists was esther greif supporting with her own additional research?
zimmerman and west
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what additional findings did esther greif highlight?
-fathers interrupt their children more than mothers -both parents interrupt daughters more than sons
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what year did geoffrey beattie conduct his research?
1982
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what theorists did geoffrey beattie challenge in 1982?
zimmerman and west
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how did beattie challenge the zimmerman and west study?
asking 'why do interruptions equal dominance?' 'do interruptions reflect interest and involvement?'
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how long did geoffrey beattie spend recording his own material?
10 hours
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how many interruptions did geoffrey beattie record?
557 interruptions
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what frequency did men and women interrupt at?
-men 34.1 -women 33.8 -more or less the same frequency
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what year did jenny cheshire conduct her research?
1982
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what was the name of the study conducted by jenny cheshire?
reading children study
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what did jenny cheshire analyse in her study?
syntax variation
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how many participants did jenny cheshire observe?
25 children, mixed gender
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what did jenny cheshire see girls do when speaking to a teacher?
codeswitch into prestige forms
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what did jenny cheshire suggest variation in boy's speech was caused by?
governed by norms within the peer group
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what did jenny cheshire suggest variation in girl's speech was caused by?
more personal, less controlled by norms
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what year did pamela fishman conduct her research?
1983
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what phrase did pamela fishman coin?
'conversational shitwork'
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how did pamela fishman contradict the deficit theory?
she said that despite women being dominated in discourse, they are stronger adapters
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how many hours of conversation did pamela fishman record?
52 hours of conversation
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who did pamela fishman record speaking?
young american couples
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what ages were the participants recorded by pamela fishman?
25-35 years old
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what did fishman concentrate on in her research?
tag questions
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what year did jennifer coates conduct her research?
1989
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what did jennifer coates conduct her research on?
mixed gender friendship group
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what language form did jennifer coates observe in women?
epistemic modal forms
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what main observations did jennifer coates make in her 1989 study?
-men will often reject topics of conversation introduced by women -women will typically accept topics introduced by men -women are more likely to initiate conversation, but less likely to be successful continuing it
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what was the main thing stated by jennifer coates' research?
gendered friend groups create gender stereotypes in language as a result of different styles of speaking
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what year did deborah tannen conduct her research on the difference model?
1990
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what was the name of the research conducted by deborah tannen?
difference model
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what is the basis of the difference model?
men and women do speak in different ways, and neither one is superior
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how many key differences did tannen outline in the difference model?
6 key differences
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difference model: status vs
support
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difference model: advice vs
understanding
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difference model: orders vs
proposals
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difference model: conflict vs
compromise
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difference model: independence vs
intimacy
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difference model: information vs
feelings
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name all 6 key differences outlined by deborah tannen?
-status vs support -advice vs understanding -orders vs proposals -conflict vs compromise -independence vs intimacy -information vs feelings
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what year did jane pilkington conduct the bakery study?
1992
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what was the name of the study conducted by jane pilkington?
bakery study
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what did pilkington say was the basis if women's discourse?
affirming solidarity and maintaining relationships
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what did pilkington say was the basis if men's discourse?
to challenge other points of view
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how long did pilkington observe conversations in the bakery for?
9 months
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what year did cameron conduct research in?
1995
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what phrase did cameron coin in 1995?
'political correctness'
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define 'political correctness'
cleaning up of political language
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what year did labov conduct his research on gender paradox theory?
2001
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what phrase did labov coin in 2001?
gender paradox
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define labov's 'gender paradox'
-women conform more to linguistic norms because female deviations are more overtly stigmatized -however, they deviate more than men
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what group did labov suggest were the leaders of linguistic change?
nonconformist women
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what year did deborah cameron investigate the diversity theory?
2012
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what is the name of the research done by deborah cameron?
diversity theory
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what forms the basis of cameron's diversity theory?
-it is not biological sex that affects language use -however, it is societal gender roles that do
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what term did cameron coin in 2012?
'verbal hygeine'
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define cameron's term 'verbal hygeine'
the ways people think they are supposed to speak in order to meet expected norms of society

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