Influence of Social Class/Groups on how we speak: Labov

Question 1

What does Bourdieu create the concepts of? (Name 3)

Answer 1

Cultural Capital, Material Capital, Social Capital

Question 2

What concept did Bourdieu create which relates someones social class to an individual?

Answer 2

Habitus

Question 3

What does post-vocalic mean?

Answer 3

When the pronunciation of a certain letter comes after a vowel

Question 4

How does Labov’s New York Study show the influence of social class on the way we speak for the upper-class store?

Answer 4

As they are from the highest social class, they are more likely to speak in the most prestigious form of speaking in the USA

Question 5

What type of accent is the most prestigious form of accent in the USA?

Answer 5

Rhotic accent

Question 6

How does Labov’s New York Study show the influence of social class on the way we speak for the middle-class store?

Answer 6

They were middle class so showed some aspiration to be of a higher social class, as shown with using hypercorrection in formal speech

Question 7

How does Labov’s New York Study show the influence of social class on the way we speak for the working-class store?

Answer 7

The working class individuals did not use a rhotic accent at all, showing they might have accepted their fate of being working class

Question 8

What form of prestige is present in Labov’s study?

Answer 8

Overt Prestige

Question 9

In what way is Overt Prestige present in Labov’s study? Why?

Answer 9

The prestige of a rhotic accent influenced social classes more heavy as shown with the hypercorrection in the middle class store.